Risks From an "Unknown" Technology: How Iowans Perceive Agricultural Sludge.

Rodriguez, Lulu; Peterson, Jane W.

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ERIC Number: EJ592046

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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Risks From an "Unknown" Technology: How Iowans Perceive Agricultural Sludge.

Rodriguez, Lulu; Peterson, Jane W.

Journal of Environmental Education, v30 n3 p37-42 Spr 1999

Surveys the attitudes of Iowans toward the use of treated sludge on farm lands. Responses were analyzed using stepwise regression to determine the attitude variance accounted for by various factors including trust, alienation, antitechnology, knowledge of sludge, knowledge of risk, and demographics. (Author/CCM)

Descriptors: Agriculture, Attitude Measures, Environmental Education, Farm Management, Risk Management, Science Education, Sludge, Surveys, Waste Disposal

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Iowa

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