The Environment and Community Right to Know
- 5 April 1991
- journal article
- Published by The Haworth Press in Computers in Human Services
- Vol. 8 (1) , 19-40
- https://doi.org/10.1300/j407v08n01_03
Abstract
Summary The Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) is discussed in terms of its origins, provisions and potential outcomes in community action against toxic and environmental hazards. Particularly investigated is the participatory information policy dimension of this new legislation.Keywords
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