Taxation is considered one way to make societal costs explicit, in order to 'internalize' the cost of pollution.

He estimates that the average person in the U.S. is paying $878 per year for the societal costs of heart disease.

This highlights the need to frame any discussion in terms of burden per user, not necessarily as a total societal cost.

Here are some disturbing facts important to everyone concerned about the damage lead can cause and its individual and societal costs.

We prefer to rely on general revenues to cover societal costs.

Place the cost of the risk where it belongs: Let them pay for the medical and societal costs they have engendered.

It is time that we appreciate the biological, emotional, interpersonal and societal costs of witnessing violence, including costs to the journalists who keep us informed.

The personal and societal costs of such an approach are astronomical.

The personal, familial, and societal costs of schizophrenia are enormous.

Assessment-of-impact seeks to determine the balance between societal costs and public safety.