Protecting public health & the environment : implementing the precautionary principle /

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Imprint:	Washington, D.C. ; [Great Britain] : Island Press, ©1999.
Description:	1 online resource (xxvi, 385 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Environmental sciences -- Decision making. Environmental policy -- Government policy. Risk assessment. Health risk assessment. Environmental Health -- legislation & jurisprudence. Environmental Pollution -- adverse effects. Environmental Pollution -- prevention & control. Policy Making. Risk Assessment. Environmental policy -- Government policy. Environmental sciences -- Decision making. Health risk assessment. Risk assessment. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11144615

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Other authors / contributors:	Raffensperger, Carolyn. Tickner, Joel A.
ISBN:	1559636882 9781559636889 141753950X 9781417539505 9781610913034 1610913035
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Protecting public health & the environment. Washington, D.C. ; [Great Britain] : Island Press, ©1999

Table of Contents:

Establishing a general duty of precaution in environmental protection policies in the United States / Ken Geiser
The precautionary principle in contemporary environmental policy and politics / Andrew Jordan and Timothy O'Riordan
The precautionary principle in practice : a mandate for anticipatory preventative action / David Santillo, Paul Johnston, and Ruth Stringer
The precautionary approach to chemicals management : a Swedish perspective / Bo Wahlström
Asymmetric information, the precautionary principle, and burdens of proof / Carl F. Cranor
The precautionary principle as a screening device / David Ozonoff
Precautionary science / Katherine Barrett and Carolyn Raffensperger
The political economy of precaution / R. Michael M'Gonigle
Precaution and respect / Anita Bernstein
A map toward precautionary decision making / Joel A. Tickner
Applying the precautionary principle in practice : natural heritage conservation in Scotland / Scottish Natural Heritage
A conceptual framework for the use of the precautionary principle in law / Nicholas A. Ashford
Alternatives assessment : part of operationalizing and institutionalizing the precautionary principle / Mary O'Brien
Environmental bonds : implementing the precautionary principle in environmental policy / Laura Cornwell and Robert Costanza
The precautionary principle and corporate disclosure / Sanford Lewis
Practicing the principle / Richard D. Sclove and Madeleine L. Scammell
How much information do we need before exercising precaution? / Gordon K. Durnil
Can we say "yes" to agriculture using the precautionary principle : a farmer's perspective / Frederick Kirschenmann
Precautionary action not taken : corporate structure and the case study of tetraethyl lead in the United States / Peter Montague
Manganese in gasoline : a case study of the need for precautionary action / Ted Schettler
Cleaner production and the precautionary principle / Ken Geiser
The precautionary principle : application to policies regarding endocrine-disrupting chemicals / Peter L. deFur
Why the precautionary principle? A meditation on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and the breasts of mothers / Sandra Steingraber.

Protecting public health & the environment : implementing the precautionary principle /

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