Protecting public health & the environment : implementing the precautionary principle

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Label

Protecting public health & the environment : implementing the precautionary principle

Title remainder

implementing the precautionary principle

Statement of responsibility

edited by Carolyn Raffensperger and Joel A. Tickner ; foreword by Wes Jackson

Title variation

Protecting public health and the environment

Contributor

• Raffensperger, Carolyn
• Tickner, Joel A

Subject

• Environmental Health -- legislation & jurisprudence
• Environmental Pollution -- adverse effects
• Environmental Pollution -- prevention & control
• Environmental policy
• Environmental policy -- Government policy
• Environmental sciences -- Decision making
• Health risk assessment
• Policy Making
• Risk Assessment
• Risk assessment

Language

eng

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

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

363.7/056

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

GE105

LC item number

.P76 1999

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography