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Teaser - The Politics of “Risk Assessment” w/ William Boyd

Jan 13, 202522 min
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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/119936307 Beatrice speaks with William Boyd about how “risk assessment” became a central focus of health safety and environmental law since the 1970s, and how the political and economic factors that structure how those risks are assessed have resulted in law and policy far less likely to protect against environmental and health hazards. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:22:10
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