Contents
Regulatory standards and environmental law;
the history of environmental standards;
setting standards - how and why?;
the regulators and standard setting;
scientific techniques in assessing the environmental impacts of pollutants;
science, risk assessment and the concept of safety;
philosophies underlying risk assessment and standard setting;
the legal forms of standard setting;
environmental standards and water;
environmental standards and land;
evaluating the future of environmental standards and sustainable development.