| 2004 - 88 pages
...engagement with risk must be defensive, governed by the precautionary principle (when an activity might harm human health or the environment, precautionary measures...relationships are not fully established scientifically, so that the proponent of an activity bears the burThe "gloomy arithmetic" of water is matched by the... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform - 2003 - 292 pages
...separate comments on this draft report, other Mercatus scholars provide additional feedback on this issue. When an activity raises threats of harm to human health...precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause-and-effect relationships are not fully established scientifically :< Variations on this principle... | |
| 2004 - 40 pages
...energy crisis, and the renewable revolution, (nef, London). 3 The precautionary principle suggests that when an activity raises threats of harm to human health...precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause-and-effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. One of the most important... | |
| Robert Chernomas, Lissa Donner - 2004 - 29 pages
...Integrated Approach to Primary Prevention in Cancer Control 34 The precautionary principle states: When an activity raises threats of harm to human health...precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause-and-effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. 35 See http://www.cancer.ca/ccs/internet/stand... | |
| Farid Ahmed - 2004 - 348 pages
...exist. A common definition of the precautionary principle is the so-called Wingspread Declaration: "When an activity raises threats of harm to human...precautionary measures should be taken, even if some of the causeand-effect relationships are not established scientifically" (Goklany, 2002). If a new... | |
| Michael Crane - 2004 - 652 pages
...to no one special interests use it as their private sewer. ( Ralph Nader) ^ Precautionary Principle: When an activity raises threats of harm to human health...environment, precautionary measures should be taken even it some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. iSanford Lewis) ^... | |
| John Harris - 2004 - 206 pages
...1998, which explains the PP as follows: When an activity raises threats of harm to human health orthe environment precautionary measures should be taken...relationships are not fully established scientifically. In this context the proponent of an activity, rather than the public, should bear the burden of proof.'7... | |
| Davis Baird, Alfred Nordmann, Joachim Schummer - 2004 - 340 pages
...potentially harmful agents: Where an activity raises threats of harm to the environment or human health, precautionary measures should be taken even if some...relationships are not fully established scientifically. In this context, the proponent of an activity, rather than the public bears the burden of proof. The... | |
| Steven G. Gilbert - 2004 - 279 pages
...Precautionary principle When an activity raises threats of harm to the environment or human health, precautionary measures should be taken even if some...relationships are not fully established scientifically. Wingspread Statement on the Precautionary Principle, Jan. 1998. Characteristic Level Examples Knowledge... | |
| Neil E. Harrison, Gary C. Bryner - 2004 - 410 pages
...to whom? Another potential solution might reside in what is known as the precautionary principle. 51 When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, this principle argues that precautionary measures should be taken, even if some cause-and-effect relationships... | |
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