...precautionary principle. According to supporters of this point of view, the precautionary principle is 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 — A principle (or cluster of principles, rules, maxims, and virtues) that asserts that when an activity raises threats of harm to human health...relationships are not fully established scientifically. The force of this principle, which relates to the frequent need to take preventive action in the face...

...Precautionary Principle. The Wingspread Statement, a widely quoted version of the Principle, specifies that 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....

...that power-plant emissions were in fact the cause of acid rain. The concept was defined in 1998 as: "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." In ordinary language: better...

...anticipated by five decades the Wingspread Statement of 1998, which spelled out the precautionary principle: When an activity raises threats of harm to human health...precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause-and-effect relationships are not established scientifically. It is beneficial that the European...

...principle, which implies 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 precautionary principle is embodied in the very tradition of public health. A significant example...

...Wingspread statement (1998) as "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 established fully scientifically". In the Rio declaration, the PP is outlined in principle 15 that...

...versie van dit principe, gekend onder de noemer Wingspread Statement on Precaution, stelt het volgende: When an activity raises threats of harm to human health...relationships are not fully established scientifically. [...] It must also involve an examination of the full range of alternatives, including no action. (Raffensperger...

...expanded the definition: "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 the activity, rather than the public bears the burden of proof. The...