The Guardian

Beyond the precautionary principle

What is the most prominent science-based principle that influences international law today? The answer is undoubtedly the precautionary principle, which aims to promote only those policies whose ...
Heartland

Precautionary Principle at odds with science

Ignoring the achievements of modern science and technology, European bureaucrats and American environmental activists have embraced a doctrine fundamentally at odds with common sense. The doctrine is ...
Forbes

Avoiding a Precautionary Principle for the Internet

[Based on forthcoming article in the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, Vol. 14 Issue 1, Winter 2013, http://mjlst.umn.edu] In my previous column I noted ...
American Enterprise Institute

Examining the Precautionary Principle in Action

The “precautionary principle” affects global agreements involving environmental, health, and safety policy, yet it has been widely criticized as arbitrary, excessive, counterproductive, and ...
The Conversation

Brexit could kill the precautionary principle – here’s why it matters so much for our environment

The world is witnessing an increase in the number and severity of hurricanes, droughts, floods and famines. A significant part of this is attributable to the temperature rises and disruption to the ...
The Guardian

What's all the fuss about the precautionary principle?

When George Monbiot lambasted Mark Walport for not understanding something called "the precautionary principle", you might have felt some sympathy for our Chief Scientific Adviser. What is this ...
Politico Europe

Ban first, ask questions later – is this the way to apply the precautionary principle?

This UN definition of the ‘precautionary principle’ has been popularly translated using a triple negative: not having proof is not a justification for not taking action. The EC Treaty states that all ...
Forbes

Operationalizing the Precautionary Principle for Biodiversity

Today is the first full day of IUCN's 5th World Conservation Congress. Taking place on the beautiful Korean island of Jeju, the Congress brings together a fascinating mix of people from all parts of ...
Nature

In defense of the precautionary principle

As representatives of one of the civil society organizations mentioned in Miller and Conko's Commentary on the precautionary principle (Nat. Biotechnol. 19 , 302–303, 2001 ), we would like to respond ...
The New York Times

THE YEAR IN IDEAS: A TO Z.; Precautionary Principle

THE YEAR IN IDEAS: A TO Z. By Michael Pollan New York Times subscribers* enjoy full access to TimesMachine—view over 150 years of New York Times journalism, as it originally appeared. *Does not ...
Acsh.org

The Precautionary Principle

The genetic modification debate has given new life to what is being called the "precautionary principle," which claims that if the possible adverse consequences are catastrophic, then preventive ...