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Risk Management and Hazardous Waste By Brian Wynne Berlin: Springer‐Verlag, 1987 459 pp., $59.50 hb. Hazard Assessment of Chemicals, Vol. 5 Edited by Jitendra Saxena Washington, D.C.: Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1987 440 pp., $59.50 hb. Pesticides: Minimizing the Risks Edited by Nancy N. Ragsdale and Ronald J. Kuhr Washington, D. C.: American Chemical Society, 1987 185 pp., $34.95 hb. Aquatic Toxicology and Hazard Assessment: 10th Volume Edited by William J. Adams, Gary A. Chapman, and Wayne G. Landis Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: American Society for Testing and Materials, Special Technical Publication, 1988 580 pp., $64.00 hb. Silent Spring Revisited Edited by Gino J. Marco, Robert M. Hollingworth, and William Durham Washington, D. C.: American Chemical Society, 1987 214 pp., $29.95 hb. The Dilemma of Toxic Substance Regulation: How Overregulation Causes Underregulation at OSHA By John M. Mendelhoff Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1988 321 pp., $35.00 hb. Hazardous Materials Disposal: Siting and Management Edited by Manas Chatterji Brookfield, Vermont: Gower Publishing Co., 1987 331 pp., $59.50 hb. Guide to State Environmental Programs Edited by Deborah Hitchcock Jessup Washington, D. C.: The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1988 578 pp., $40.00 pb. Environmental Biotechnology: Reducing Risks from Environmental Chemicals through Biotechnology Edited by Gilbert S. Omenn; associate eds., Rita Colwell, A. M. Chakrabarty, Morris Levin, and Perry McCarty New York: Plenum Press, 1988 505 pp., $89.50 hg. Radioactivity and Nuclear Waste Disposal By Foo‐Sun Lau New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1987 615 pp., $144.00 hg. Managerial Decision Analysis By Danny Samson Homewood, Illinois: Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1988 745 pp., $43.95 hb.