Why Causal Evidencing of Risk Fails. An Example from Oil Contamination

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Ethics, Policy and Environment 22 (2):197-213 (2019)
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ABSTRACTMeasurements of environmental toxicity from long-term exposure to oil contamination have delivered inaccurate and contradictory results regarding the potential harms for humans and ecosyste...

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