Late lessons from early warnings: the precautionary principle 1896-2000
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Publication
Created 09 Jan 2002
Published 09 Jan 2002
Environmental issue report No 22/2001
Late lessons from early warnings is about the
gathering of information on the hazards of
human economic activities and its use in
taking action to better protect both the
environment and the health of the species
and ecosystems that are dependent on it, and
then living with the consequences.
The report is based on case studies. The
authors of the case studies, all experts in
their particular field of environmental,
occupational and consumer hazards, were
asked to identify the dates of early warnings,
to analyse how this information was used, or
not used, in reducing hazards, and to
describe the resulting costs, benefits and
lessons for the future.
Content
- Full report [1.7 MB]
- Front, Preface, Acknowledgements [101.0 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]
- 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]
- Chapter 17 - Conclusions [161.4 KB]
- Some summary points [59.3 KB]
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For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/environmental_issue_report_2001_22 or scan the QR code.
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