Risk, precaution and science: towards a more constructive policy debate
EMBO ReportsPublished 9 March 2007Open access
Andy Stirling
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From a guiding theme in European Commission environmental policy, the precautionary principle has become a general principle of EC law and has extended from the regulation of environmental, technological and health risks to the wider governance of science, innovation and trade.
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