One thing I tried to get instituted while in the QPS was a standard procedure for prior assessment of projects, proposals, industry subsidies etc (with degree of detail and complexity varying with the $ involved), and a post hoc assessment (which in almost all cases would have shown seriously negative outcomes). (judithcurry.com)
Access is granted based on prior assessment level. (d2l.com)
The panic over BPA follows prior assessment from the Swiss Official Food Control Authority, which held that food contamination from packaging could be a hundred times as high as contamination from chemicals found in pesticides or environmental pollutants. (discovermagazine.com)