Toxic reckoning : business faces a new kind of fear.
Material type: TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1990Description: 9 pSubject(s): Subject: Roughly 3,500 people were advised to relocate after the Three Mile Island emergency. Instead, some 200,000 fled. This response illustrates a growing fear of toxic disaster. People find radiation and toxic substances more threatening than most natural hazards and nontoxic technological hazardsItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 304.2 TOX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 005719359 |
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Reprinted from Harvard Business Review; Jan/Feb 1990; p. 118-126
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Roughly 3,500 people were advised to relocate after the Three Mile Island emergency. Instead, some 200,000 fled. This response illustrates a growing fear of toxic disaster. People find radiation and toxic substances more threatening than most natural hazards and nontoxic technological hazards
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