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" When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. "
H.R. 1300, the Recycle America's Land Act of 1999: Hearing Before the ... - Page 128
by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment - 2000 - 321 pages
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Women and Health

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...
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Environmentalism for a New Millennium: The Challenge of Coevolution

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...
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A Civil Economy: Transforming the Marketplace in the Twenty-First Century

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,...
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Risk Management and Society

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...
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The Precautionary Principle: A Critical Appraisal of Environmental Risk ...

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,...
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Immunization Safety Review: Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines and ...

Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Immunization Safety Review Committee - 2001 - 137 pages
...consistent with the precautionary principle (Goldstein, 2001; Kriebel and Tickner, 2001), which states that "when an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the jD. <B ^ environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships...
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Ethical Issues in Biotechnology

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...
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Nominations of Angela B. Styles, Stephen A. Perry, and John D. Graham ...

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...
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Risk and Reason: Safety, Law, and the Environment

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,...
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Environmental Politics: Interest Groups, the Media, and the Making of Policy

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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