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| Title | Insurance and Pollution Prevention | |
| Month-Year Published | December 1999 | |
| Online Availability |
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| Short Description |
Use and generation of hazardous materials creates significant risks to the environment. It also creates major potential costs and liabilities for business. Insurance provides a means to protect business from some of these costs and liabilities. Most importantly, it can create strong incentives to implement pollution prevention. (Also see abstract below) | |
| Publication Number | 99-434 | |
| Author(s) | Parker, Jerry | |
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| Number of pages | 2 | |
| Keywords | insurance, pollution , pollution prevention, prevention | |
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| Abstract | Long Description |
Use and generation of hazardous materials creates significant risks to the environment. It also creates major potential costs and liabilities for business. Insurance provides a means to protect business from some of these costs and liabilities. Most importantly, it can create strong incentives to implement pollution prevention. This fact shee covers what insurance coverages might be affected by pollution prevention, how pollution prevention. |
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