The Precautionary Principle
A Critical Appraisal
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Publication
2001-10-25 - Distributed to the trade by National Book Network]
Language
English
Word Count
31,000 words, Guess
Page Count
124 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveprecautionarypri00gokl_933
- Internet Archiveprecautionarypri0000gokl
- ISBN-101930865163
- ISBN-139781930865167
- Goodreads2112096
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- Library of Congress Control Number2001047310
- OCLC Control Number47797551
- Better World Books9781930865167
- Open LibraryOL8800871M
Classifications
- LCCGE145 .G64 2001
- LCCGE145.G64 2001
- LCCGE 145 G64 2001
Description
"The precautionary principle - the environmental version of the admonition "first, do no harm" - is now enshrined in numerous international environmental agreements including treaties addressing global warming, biological diversity, and various pollutants. Some environmentalists have invoked this principle to justify policies to control, if not ban, any technology that cannot be proven to cause no harm. In this book, Goklany shows that the current use of the precautionary principle to justify such policies is flawed and could be counterproductive because it ignores the possible calamities those very policies might simultaneously create or prolong."--BOOK JACKET.
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