[extropy-chat] Precautionary Principle - A Must Read!

[natashavita at earthlink.net]

The Science Environment Health Network has an excellent source of
information on the Precautionary Principle.

*While caution is essential, and precaution is a very important concept,*
the use of the Precuationary Principle as a rallying tool against
theraputic cloning and other biotechnological advances is harmful.

Check out the link below in preparing for the upcoming "VP" Summit.  
http://www.sehn.org/precaution.html

Here is one comment worth reading:

"Debating the Precautionary Principle"
           Nancy Myers, March 2000
"The precautionary principle has taken center stage in a number of recent
international discussions on trade, the environment, and human health. As a
result, it has stirred criticism as well as interest. In these discussions
and in a growing number of media reports on the principle, certain
criticisms and qualifications, enumerated below, have been repeated with
some frequency."

Natasha


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