The Precautionary Principle: A Critical Appraisal of Environmental Risk Assessment
- ISBN-10
- 1930865163
- ISBN-13
- 9781930865167
- Category
- Environmental risk assessment
- Pages
- 119
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cato Institute
- Author
- Indur M. Goklany
Description
Goklany argues that selective application of this principle distorts the policy debate.
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- 2004
- 220 pages
- Paperback
- World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe
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