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The histories of selected public and environmental hazards, from the first scientifically based early warnings about potential harm to the subsequent precautionary and preventive measures ...
One of the concerns often voiced by critics of the precautionary principle is that a widespread regulatory application of the principle will lead to a large number of false positives (i.e., over ...
disease threats (Degeling et al., 2020; van Herten et al., 2020). The general idea of the precautionary principle is that scientific uncertainty should not stand in the way of actions to prevent potential ...
of the precautionary principle itself. Second, we analyze the current application of the precautionary principle to pregnant women. Third and finally, we discuss how a shift toward weak precautionary thinking ...
version of the precautionary principle because, in the words of the Rio definition of the PP (UN 1992): ‘lack of scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures ...
this proposition is not yet in place. This paper examines the actions of the UK and Dutch governments toward fracking. Although both governments have adopted the precautionary principle into national law, neither ...
. A widely cited definition of the precautionary principle is the Wingspread Statement, which states: ‘when an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should ...
with scientific uncertainty. In conclusion, the first Part will situate the role of the Precautionary Principle within the European framework. Part II will set out the European legal framework governing GMOs ...
within the domain of health disparities deserving action despite scientific uncertainty. With the precautionary principle , we call for a deliberative decision-making process and formation of a broad shift ...
, on the applicant. This reversal of the burden of proof, as well as related concepts of the precautionary principle and the recognition of the role of scientific uncertainty, have slowly gained a fair amount ...
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