Scientific Literacy and Environmental Policy

DOROTHY J. HOWELL is Adjunct Professor at the Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law School and a participant in environmental programs since 1969. She teaches a seminar in the multidisciplinary aspects of environmental planning, as well as courses in environmental sciences and toxics law.

Introduction The Setting Prologue: Regulation in General Policy Formulation at the Intersection of Law, Science and Technology Implications for the Real World Collisions and Implications for Societal Scientific Literacy Revolution in Pharmaceutical Innovation and Evolving Policy Regulation, Voices of the Public, and Pharmaceutical Innovation: Implications of Delays in FDA Approval of New Drugs Regulation, Voices of the Public, and Pharmaceutical Innovation: The Quandary Goes On Regulation, Voices of the Public, and Products of Recombinant DNA: Science and Technologies Regulation, Voices of the Public, and Products of Recombinant DNA: The Intersection with Policy and Law At the Intersection: Disenfranchisement and Reenfranchisement At the Intersection: Merge, or Collision? Can We Reenfranchise Society for the Intersection? Epilogue: "Future History" Selected Bibliography Index