Precautionary principle
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title:
Precautionary principle
text:
The precautionary principle is a broad epistemological, philosophical and legal approach to innovations with potential for causing harm when extensive scientific knowledge on the matter is lacking. It emphasizes caution, pausing and review before leaping into new innovations that may prove disastrous. Critics argue that it is vague, self-cancelling, unscientific and an obstacle to progress. In an engineering context, the precautionary principle manifests itself as the factor of safety, discussed
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Risk management strategy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precautionary_principle
date created:
2002-04-25T05:00:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T12:59:18Z
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