07 November 2010

Do health systems need the precautionary principle

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Should the precautionary principle be expanded into the injury and preventative medical fields? I B Pless from the Montreal Children's...
05 November 2010

Now even a trip to the beach involves precautionary principle dilemna

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Here in Australia, we are just starting up our summer.  Give that almost all of our population lives on the coastal fringe, this inevitabili...
02 November 2010

Precautions with Sharks this Summer

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It’s warming up in Australia as we move into summer.  That means bouncers and beaches.  (bouncers being the cricketing term for a ball that ...
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Maybe the fat people will have to go back to riding a bike

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The New York Times reports The Food and Drug Administration rejected another new diet pill on Thursday, a decision that sharply diminished...
27 October 2010

Murray-Darling Basin bogs down on hidden precautionary principle

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The Sydney Morning Herald reported today (27 October 2010) on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan getting tied up in legal wrangling.  And guess w...
25 October 2010

Deep Green Precautionary Principle

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Greens bid to ban pesticide in Tasmania Tim Morris is the Greens water spokesman in Tasmania.  He has released a press statement (see abov...

How do you take your Precautionary Principle: Weak or Strong?

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The precautionary principle comes in two main flavours; weak and strong. The Weak PP is the least restrictive and allows preventive measur...