...cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation^ 6 ; • as proposed by the Wingspread Conference in 1998: When an activity raises threats of harm to...relationships are not fully established scientifically. In this context the proponent of an activity, rather than the public, should bear the burden of proof...

...approach to all human endeavors. Therefore, it is necessary to implement the Precautionary Principle: When an activity raises threats of harm to human health...relationships are not fully established scientifically. In this context the proponent of an activity, rather than the public, should bear the burden of proof....

...the 1998 Wingspread Statement on the Precautionary Principle made direct reference to human health: When an activity raises threats of harm to human health...relationships are not fully established scientifically. In this context the proponent of an activity, rather than the public, should bear the burden of proof....

...principle," which has gained widespread support among many scientists in the United States and elsewhere: "When an activity raises threats of harm to human...relationships are not fully established scientifically. In this context the proponent of an activity, rather than the public, should bear the burden of proof."56...

...produced at the January 1998 Wingspread conference on implementing the precautionary principle, states:2 When an activity raises threats of harm to human health...relationships are not fully established scientifically. In this context, the proponent of an activity, rather than the public, bears the burden of proof. The...

...approach to all human endeavors. • Therefore, it is necessary to implement the Precautionary Principle: When an activity raises threats of harm to human health...relationships are not fully established scientifically. In this context the proponent of an activity, rather than the public, should bear the burden of proof....

...definition of the precautionary principle is the 1998 Wingspread Statement on the Precautionary Principle: "When an activity raises threats of harm to human...relationships are not fully established scientifically" (Raffensperger and Tickner, 1999). While definitions differ (as is often the case in international...

...definition was offered at the 1998 Wingspread Conference of the Science and Environmental Health Network: "When an activity raises threats of harm to human...relationships are not fully established scientifically." The principle acknowledges that society cannot be caught in "analysis paralysis" waiting for absolute...

...influential Wingspread Declaration, from a meeting of environmentalists in 1998, goes much further: "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,...

...in part due to the application of the "precautionary principle" or so-called Wingspread Declaration: "When an activity raises threats of harm to human...even if some cause and effect relationships are not established scientifically."4 The intent of relying on this principle is to help protect human health,...