THE CASE FOR DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS1

ABSTRACT: Direct measurement of response thresholds of complex biological systems to toxic chemicals is now possible using microcosms and other simulation techniques. Extrapolation to no-observable response using application factors and data from single species toxicity tests is less precise than direct measurements.     

保护生态环境,加大执法力度

本文分析了目前生态环境保护中存在的主要问题,提出通过加大环保执法力度、转变发展理念等一系列有效措施,进而实现"十一五"环境保护目标.     

浅谈环境执法难的应对措施

针对各地普遍存在的环境执法难问题,从组织、立法、公众参与、执法权利、执法水平和民主等方面,提出了相应的应对措施,以供探讨.     

Ethics in the Societal Debate on Genetically Modified Organisms: A (Re)Quest for Sense and Sensibility

Via a historical reconstruction, this paper primarily demonstrates how the societal debate on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) gradually extended in terms of actors involved and concerns reflected. It is argued that the implementation of recombinant DNA technology out of the laboratory and into civil society entailed a “complex of concerns.” In this complex, distinctions between environmental, agricultural, socio-economic, and ethical issues proved to be blurred. This fueled the confusion between the wider debate on genetic modification and the risk assessment of transgenic crops in the European Union. In this paper, the lasting skeptical and/or ambivalent attitude of Europeans towards agro-food biotechnology is interpreted as signaling an ongoing social request – and even a quest – for an evaluation of biotechnology with Sense and Sensibility. In this (re)quest, a broader-than-scientific dimension is sought for that allows addressing the GMO debate in a more “sensible” way, whilst making “sense” of the different stances taken in it. Here, the restyling of the European regulatory frame on transgenic agro-food products and of science communication models are discussed and taken to be indicative of the (re)quest to move from a merely scientific evaluation and risk-based policy towards a socially more robust evaluation that takes the “non-scientific” concerns at stake in the GMO debate seriously.     

环境行政执法难的理性分析与实践对策

环境行政执法难是非常态法律现象。从哲学的高度对环境行政执法难进行理性分析，环境行政执法难是多因素群共创的结果。对环境行政执法难的内外因进行解构，分清主次，着重解决影响环境执法难的主因，并适当关注影响环境执法难的助因，同时基于应然立场提出解决问题的实践进路。     

Evaluation of the Reading, PA nighttime safety belt enforcement campaign: September 2004

PROBLEM: Safety belt use rates among front seat occupants of passenger vehicles are substantially lower at night than during the day despite the fact that night driving is more dangerous. METHOD: Recent advances in night vision equipment now make it possible to enforce belt use laws in darkness. Reading, Pennsylvania conducted a night belt use publicity and enforcement campaign during September 2004 using night vision equipment. RESULTS: Front seat occupant belt use at night increased significantly from 50% prior to the campaign to 56% just after the campaign. Daylight belt use also increased though to a lesser extent (56% to 59%). Survey data indicated that motorists had heard about the campaign in newspapers and on television. Belt use increases were not seen during the same time period in a comparison community.     

A research agenda for increasing safety belt use in the United States

On November 13-14, 2003, a symposium on high-visibility safety belt use enforcement in Raleigh, NC: (a) celebrated the 10th anniversary of North Carolina's Click It or Ticket program; (b) documented current knowledge regarding safety belt use; (c) proposed strategies to increase use further; and (d) discussed research to support these strategies.     

对某工地一起工伤事故的思考

根据某工地一名工人因开挖作业而被活埋致死这一事故 ,论述了作好安全工作防止事故的前提条件和必要的预防、检查、控制、措施及程序。     

论环境行政强制执行程序

正确运用和进一步完善环境行政强制执行程序是加强环境法制建设、推进环保工作法制化、实现“十五”环保工作目标的一个重要方面。本文结合最高人民法院《若干解释》论述了环境行政机关申请人民法院强制执行的具体程序、注意的问题以及完善环境行政强制执行程序的几点建议。     

中国环境联合执法效能建设面临的困境与对策研究

环境联合执法是指通过相关职能部门共同协作、统一执法,以实现有效预防和处置环境污染问题的一种执法机制。它是近年来各地为了改善环境执法效果而进行的一种有益尝试和探索,在实践中取得了一些成效,但同时也存在不少问题有待进一步深入思考。环境保护的严峻性和特殊性决定了环境联合执法的必要性,随着人们对环境联合执法工作的不断尝试和探索,一些矛盾与困局也逐渐显露出来。在当前形势下,如何克服体制机制障碍、切实落实责任、完善执法手段、提升执法效能有待于进一步思考解决。