Sentences with phrase «called precautionary principle»

That too, called the precautionary principle, is another silly exercise in begging the question.

It makes sense, in a way, to err on the side of caution (the so - called precautionary principle) but it is also easy to misapply this principle and cause more harm than good.

Not exact matches

[26] Several groups have called for organic standards to prohibit nanotechnology on the basis of the precautionary principle [27] in light of unknown risks of nanotechnology.

Friends of the Earth, along with 56 organizations from around the world sent a public letter to the Presidential Commission which criticized its report for ignoring the precautionary principle, relying on so - called «self - governance» instead of true democratic governance of this technology, lacking adequate review of environmental risks and placing unwarranted faith in «suicide genes» and other technologies that provide no guarantee against the escape of synthetic organisms into the environment.

Industry has used this argument to delay action on endocrine disruptors for years, in spite of calls for the use of the precautionary principle and the obligations in Europe for suppliers to prove safety before they are allowed to sell their products.

The modus operandi for the scheme is the so - called «precautionary principle» (PP).

Calling the application of the precautionary principle to GMO «anti-science» is a most untenable claim.

The application of the so - called «precautionary principle,» advocated by the environmentalists, is — conceptually — a wrong strategy, because human civilization can not exist in a regime of the precautionary principle.

This is one of the things that drives any number of «climate modification» proposals currently being considered, and why I tend to be very, very cautious and skeptical of anything that is justified by pleading the so - called «precautionary principle».

BBC News and other outlets are reporting that the start of GM brinjal (eggplant or aubergine, call it what you like...) has been suspended, with environment minister Jairam Ramesh calling for more testing and essentially putting on indefinite hold the introduction of any GM food crops: Ramesh said that due to negative public sentiment it was his «duty to adopt a cautious, precautionary, principle - based approach.»

The precautionary principle, which calls for extra prudence in areas of scientific uncertainty, also applies.

- promotion of the so - called «precautionary principle ``, which maximizes the risk aversion without paying attention to the costs;