Rethinking risk and the precautionary principle /

Rethinking risk and the precautionary principle / edited by Julian Morris. - Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000. - 1 online resource (xvii, 294 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Biographies -- Defining the precautionary principle / Julian Morris -- Trial and error versus trial without error / Aaron Wildavsky -- The precautionary principle and our obligations to future generations / Wilfred Beckerman -- Precaution, GM crops and farmland birds / Tony Gilland -- Genetically modified fear and the international regulation of biotechnology / Henry I. Miller and Gregory Conko -- Asteroid collisions and precautionary thinking / Charles T. Rubin -- Child protection and the precautionary principle / Helene Guldberg -- Plastic panics : European risk regulation in the aftermath of BSE / Bill Durodié -- The precautionary principle as a force for global political centralization : a case-study of the Kyoto Protocol / Bruce Yandle -- Applying the precautionary principle in a broader context / Indur M. Goklany -- A Richter scale for risk? / John Adams -- Facts versus factions: the use and abuse of subjectivity in scientific research / Robert A.J. Matthews.

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Health risk assessment.
Environmental risk assessment.
Environmental health--Government policy--Decision making.
Environmental policy--Decision making.
Environmental Pollution--adverse effects
Risk Assessment--standards
Environmental Health--legislation & jurisprudence
Policy Making
Health Status Indicators
Risques pour la santé--Évaluation.
Environnement--Évaluation du risque.
Hygiène du milieu--Politique gouvernementale--Prise de décision.
Environnement--Politique gouvernementale--Prise de décision.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--General.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL--Diseases.
MEDICAL--Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL--Health Policy.
MEDICAL--Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Disease & Health Issues.
Environmental health--Government policy--Decision making.
Environmental policy--Decision making.
Environmental risk assessment.
Health risk assessment.
Risicoanalyse.
Milieubeleid.
Veiligheid.


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