| Marlene B. Goldman, Maureen Hatch - 2000 - 1314 pages
...agreement, the precautionary principle states: When an activity raises threats of harm to human (women's) health or the environment, precautionary measures...rather than the public should bear the burden of proof [ 1 ]. If we apply the precautionary principle in every research study we undertake, the terrible mistakes... | |
| Leslie Paul Thiele - 1999 - 331 pages
...principle stipulates that "[w]hen an activity raises threats of harm to the environment or human health, precautionary measures should be taken even if some...and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically."64 Effectively, the precautionary principle shifts the burden of proof. No longer would... | |
| Severyn T. Bruyn - 2009 - 327 pages
...detail. They argue that environmental decisions based on risk assessment are inadequate. When a product raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if the cause and effect relationship is not fully established scientifically. The proponent of the product,... | |
| Eve Coles, Denis Smith, Steve Tombs - 2000 - 322 pages
...of the best attempts to define the principle can be found in the so-called Wingspread Statement 2 : "When an activity raises threats of harm to human...relationships are not fully established scientifically" - Raffensperger and Tickner(1999)p. 8. 1n elaborating on the detail of the principle, Raffensperger... | |
| Indur M. Goklany - 2001 - 144 pages
...principle can be found in the so-called Wingspread Declaration (Raffensperger and Tickner 1999: 8): When an activity raises threats of harm to human health...even if some cause and effect relationships are not established scientifically. In this context the proponent of the activity, rather than the public,... | |
| Richard Sherlock, John D. Morrey - 2002 - 668 pages
...formulation that would be included but not limited to biotechnology is from the Wingspread Statement of 1998: When an activity raises threats of harm to human health...relationships are not fully established scientifically. For the writers of the Wingspread Statement, precautionary measures should include requiring those... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs - 2002 - 774 pages
...the so-called "experts."1" The precautionary principle follows the public's intuition, stating that: "When an activity raises threats of harm to human...relationships are not fully established scientifically. "1! This age-old wisdom is also captured in the adage: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of The... | |
| Cass R. Sunstein - 2002 - 362 pages
...publicized Wingspread Declaration, from a meeting of environmentalists in 1998, went further still: "When an activity raises threats of harm to human...even if some cause and effect relationships are not established scientifically. In this context the proponent of the activity, rather than the public,... | |
| Norman Miller - 2001 - 196 pages
...environment or human health, precautionary measures should be taken, even if some cause-and-effect relationships are not fully established scientifically....rather than the public, should bear the burden of proof [of the safety of the activityl ." This definition was agreed on by a group of activists, scientists,... | |
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