Legal Issues in Pollution-Engendered Torts

Robert K. Best and James I. Collins
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Robert K. Best: Pacific Legal Foundation
James I. Collins: College of Public Interest Law

Cato Journal, 1982, vol. 2, issue 1, 101-136

Abstract: The end ofWorld War II marked the birth of the modern chemical industry. From that time synthetic rubbers, fibers, and complex organohalogens have been produced in large commercial quan- tities, such that each member of modern society is exposed to chemicals of exotic physiocheniical activity. For years, direct ex- posure to high concentrations of such compounds has resulted in tort claims...

Keywords: law; property; pollution; tort; property rights; regulation; government (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1982
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