...environmental degradation. The precautionary principle, as stated at the Wingspread Conference of 1 998: 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. The precautionary principle...

...environmental health hazards. A consensus statement was developed in 1988 to address the following situation: "When an activity raises threats of harm to human...precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause-and-effect relationships are not fully established scientifically." Four propositions were articulated:...

...uncertain, values in dispute, stakes high and decisions urgent'. Precautionary Principle (p. 389): view 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. Risk (p. 380): state of knowledge...

...precautionary principle, governments should regulate unless an activity has been shown to be safe. 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. (Science and Environment Health...

...1998, pronounced that: '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.' The problem is that most scientific and technological developments do raise possible 'threats of harm',...

...guiding European Union consumers and food policy 1 . Precautionary Principle: When an activity poses threats of harm to human health or the environment,...precautionary measures should be taken even if some direct cause and effect relationships are not fully proven scientifically. 2. Subsidiarity Principle:...

...foods, is similar. Guided by the "precautionary principle," which holds that "when an activity threatens harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause-and-effect relationships are not fully established scientifically," most European nations assert...

...materials' lifecycle. 3) When 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 estab lished scientifically. 4) Prevention requires examining the entire product life cycle from raw...

...environmental alterations that are detrimental to humans. One version of this principle holds that "when an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment . . . the proponent of that activity, rather than the public, should bear the burden of proof [that...

...environmental alterations that are detrimental to humans. One version of this principle holds that "when an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment . . . the proponent of that activity, rather than the public, should bear the burden of proof [that...