Protecting public health & the environment
Subtitle: implementing the precautionary principle
By: edited by Carolyn Raffensperger and Joel A. Tickner ; foreword by Wes Jackson.
Contributors: Raffensperger, Carolyn.; Tickner, Joel A.
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
Subjects: Environmental sciences -- Decision making; Environmental policy -- Government policy; Risk assessment; Health risk assessment
Other titles: Protecting public health and the environment
Description: "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."--BOOK 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.