Sentences with phrase «precautionary approach»

Canada, Europe, and several other states (most recently Maine) are taking, or considering taking, a more thoughtful, precautionary approach regarding chemicals in everyday products, especially for children.

«This kind of precautionary approach achieves a balance of economic interests and conservation benefits,» said Sarah Reiter, a co-author and former early career law and policy fellow at the Center for Ocean Solutions who now works as an ocean policy analyst at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

«The Defra Chief Scientist is taking a sensible and precautionary approach here.

While most people can exercise safely without incident, some people must take a more precautionary approach.

I suspect we're on our own which means keeping emergency water, canned goods, first aid and exit strategies on alert seems a wise precautionary approach.

«The implicit message from Kyoto is that there are no easy answers or rapid solutions,» he wrote, and «[Shell] welcomes this, and believes that continued scientific research — allied with a prudent precautionary approach — is the right one.»

As the potential impact of GMOs to both the environment and health is not entirely understood, Organic Agriculture is taking the precautionary approach and choosing to encourage natural biodiversity.

As the State's population explodes and urban areas encroach on traditionally rural farmland, the California wine community is taking a proactive, precautionary approach to address increasing pressure resulting from public and legislative perceptions, environmental decisions from regulatory and governmental bodies, and other growth - related issues.

It defended its initial response, which involved recalls of infant formula, as a precautionary approach.

A precautionary approach regarding allergies is reasonable for babies.

The trade megatreaty doesn't threaten Europe's precautionary approach to health and environmental regulation, says the managing director of Sense About Science

Quietly, the Department of Health this year shifted its position on diesel from neutrality to one advocating a precautionary approach.

This plan takes a precautionary approach to any development of commercial fishing in an area where there has been none in the past.»

Researchers recommend that the ISA, as part of its strategic plans to protect deep - seabed habitats and manage mining impacts, take a precautionary approach and set up networks of MPAs before additional large claim areas are granted for deep seabed mining.

European countries and environmentalists argued for incorporation of the «precautionary approach,» which says that it may be necessary to take action even when the scientific evidence is incomplete.

The trade megatreaty doesn't threaten Europe's precautionary approach to health and environmental regulation, says Tracey Brown of Sense About Science

Given the near ubiquitous presence of BPA in our bodies and its recognised activity as a hormone disrupter, you might expect regulators to take a precautionary approach.

She favored a precautionary approach that she said would not suppress innovation, arguing that responsible oversight would allow researchers to take more chances.

The American Medical Association called for improved oversight (2009), the American Public Health Association called for «a precautionary approach to reducing American exposure,» (2010) and the American Chemical Society recommended expanded education and research, updated testing protocols, and the development of safer EDC alternatives (2012 — 2015).

Given our precautionary approach, we prefer to avoid silicones when there are better alternatives.

Because the limited testing of GMO foods means that there is still some uncertainty regarding their safety for human consumption over the course of a lifetime, some sources recommend a precautionary approach - avoid until further notice.

The OHS recommends that anyone using pesticides should take a precautionary approach to the handling, storage and disposal of pesticides as improper storage or usage is responsible for the majority of acute animal poisonings.

Until we have a shift in attitudes in the USA towards the precautionary approach, we will continue to bicker about whether this or that climate impact (be it frogs, salmon, hurricanes, ice sheet collapse, etc.) is REALLY due to climate change or not.

While the evidence for catastrophic leakage is still equivocal, the amounts of methane stored in permafrost and ocean sediments strongly argue for a precautionary approach to the risks of widespread release.

Dr David Krofcheck, of the university's department of physics, said the research was «very much about taking a precautionary approach» as there was no evidence to indicate that the birds had been vectors of radioactivity.

Another review in 2012 by the European Environment Agency advised «a precautionary approach to many of these chemicals until their effects are more fully understood.»

Because the science is not conclusive, we support following a precautionary approach to minimize risks to wild salmon.

The Reedsport settlement agreement defines a precautionary approach to development of the Wave Park that is intended to minimize impacts to the nearshore environment and existing ocean uses such as recreation and fishing.

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The idea behind this precautionary approach is not simply that things were good the way they were.

c. your country should have applied the precautionary approach to climate change policy since 1992 when the UNFCCC was adopted?

Thanks to the precautionary approach, the mere theoretical possibility of an accident haunts any calculation of risks.

A precautionary approach to developing genetically engineered algae, which weighs the costs and benefits of GE algae to society and ecosystems as a whole.

It is also consistent with the UN Framework Convention's core equity principles, which can be concisely stated as «a precautionary approach to adequacy,» «common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities,» and «equitable access to sustainable development.»

In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by states according to their capabilities.

In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities.

Then re a «precautionary approach,» which might be above 20 % or even 10 % certainty (depending on the severity of the possible harm), we've got all the proof we need.

For example, the EPA has a small «design for the environment» program advocating selection of least - harmful chemicals, which is a precautionary approach.