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Sagik, Bernard P.; Sorber, Charles A. – Water and Sewage Works, 1978
Several methods are reviewed for assessing the risk to humans of wastewater and sludge application. Methods for removing pathogens and chemicals from wastewater are compared. (BB)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Disease Control, Environment, Health
Peer reviewedFreudenburg, William R. – Social Forces, 1993
A Weberian perspective suggests that increased perceptions of environmental risk are related to fears of recreancy (institutional failure to fulfill societal responsibilities) rather than to ignorance or irrationality. Regarding nuclear waste facilities, analyses of survey data find that the recreancy perspective explains three times more variance…
Descriptors: Activism, Credibility, Hazardous Materials, Institutional Role
