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Home Publications Late lessons from early warnings: the precautionary principle 1896-2000

Late lessons from early warnings: the precautionary principle 1896-2000

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Environmental issue report No 22

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This report is about gathering information on the hazards raised by human economic activities and its use in taking action to protect better the environment and the health of the species and ecosystems that are dependent on it. The study aims to contribute to better and more accessible science-based information and more effective stakeholder participation in the governance of economic activity so as to help minimise environmental and health costs and maximise innovation.

Published: 09 Jan 2002

Themes
Chemicals
Fisheries
Policy instruments

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Contents

Full report [1.7 MB]
Chapter 7 - Halocarbons, the ozone layer and the precautionary principle [147.4 kB]
Chapter 8 - The DES story: long-term consequences of prenatal exposure [119.6 kB]
Chapter 9 - Antimicrobials as growth promoters: resistance to common sense [103.5 kB]
Chapter 10 - Sulphur dioxide: from protection of human lungs to remote lake restoration [104.6 kB]
Chapter 11 - MTBE in petrol as a substitute for lead [176.9 kB]
Chapter 12 - The precautionary principle and early warnings of chemical contamination of the Great Lakes [112.7 kB]
Chapter 13 - Tributyltin (TBT) antifoulants: a tale of ships, snails and imposex [154.8 kB]
Chapter 14 - Hormones as growth promoters: the precautionary principle or a political risk assessment? [99.1 kB]
Chapter 15 - ‘Mad cow disease’ 1980s–2000: how reassurances undermined precaution [138.7 kB]
Chapter 16 - Twelve late lessons [246.2 kB]
Front, Preface, Acknowledgements [101.0 kB]
Chapter 17 - Conclusions [161.4 kB]
Some summary points [59.3 kB]
Chapter 1 - Introduction [94.9 kB]
Chapter 2 - Fisheries: taking stock [155.6 kB]
Chapter 3 - Radiation: early warnings; late effects [89.9 kB]
Chapter 4 - Benzene: an historical perspective on the American and European occupational setting [155.6 kB]
Chapter 5 - Asbestos: from 'magic' to malevolent mineral [141.1 kB]
Chapter 6 - PCBs and the precautionary principle [176.5 kB]

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