COST OF POLLUTION
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ECONOMIC ESTIMATES OF PHYSICAL DAMAGES
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Front cover photos: John D. Liu. From the film “A Green Call” prepared by the Environmental Edu-
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Cover design: Circle Graphics, Jostein Nygard
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February, 2007
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