...departments are encouraged to address as many of these guidelines as possible. General Principles • "When an activity raises threats of harm to human...even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. In this context, the proponent of an activity, rather than the public,...

...agreement, the precautionary principle states: When an activity raises threats of harm to human (women's) health or the environment, precautionary measures...even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. In this context, the proponent of an activity rather than the public...

...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 cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically."64 Effectively, the precautionary principle shifts the burden of...

...departments are encouraged to address as many of these guidelines as possible. General Principles • "When an activity raises threats of harm to human...even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. In this context, the proponent of an activity, rather than the public,...

...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,...

...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...even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically" - Raffensperger and Tickner(1999)p. 8. 1n elaborating on the detail...

...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...

...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...even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. For the writers of the Wingspread Statement, precautionary measures...

...the so-called "experts."1" The precautionary principle follows the public's intuition, stating that: "When an activity raises threats of harm to human...even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. "1! This age-old wisdom is also captured in the adage: an ounce of...

...Wingspread conference in Racine, Wisconsin, produced one frequently cited statement of the principle: "When an activity raises threats of harm to human...even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically." Critics charge not only that this statement is too vague to be useIul,...