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Other authors / contributors: | Raffensperger, Carolyn.
Tickner, Joel A.
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ISBN: | 1559636882 9781559636889 141753950X 9781417539505 9781610913034 1610913035
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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Summary: | "When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. This idea, known as the "Precautionary Principle," is seen by environmentalists and public health experts as the way to protecting ecological and human health."--Jacket. "In 1998, the Wingspread Conference on Implementing the Precautionary Principle was convened to discuss ways of incorporating the precautionary approach into environmental and public health decision-making. The workshop focused on understanding the contexts under which the principle developed, its basis, and how it could be implemented. Protecting Public Health and the Environment is an outgrowth of that conference."--Jacket.
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Other form: | Print version: Protecting public health & the environment. Washington, D.C. ; [Great Britain] : Island Press, ©1999
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