The precautionary principle is not really new. Participants at the Wingspread meeting came from the U.S., Canada, Germany, Britain, and Sweden. From my perspective as a conservative Republican, this is a conservative principle. And when damage occurs, victims and their advocates have the nearly-impossible task of proving that a particular product or activity was responsible. But the public must be fully involved.
Informed consent is just as essential.
Such a trespass is wrong and almost everyone recognizes that it is wrong. And these deaths represent a form of homicide. Such homicides are wrong and almost everyone recognizes that they are wrong. Almost everyone recognizes that such a denial of human rights is wrong. Then the proponent of the new activity would be required to post a bond for the full amount before startup.