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Protecting Public Health and the Environment: Implementing the Precautionary Principle
Written by author Carolyn Raffensperger
Published by Island Press, June 1999
The movement toward creating more sustainable communities has been growing for decades, and in recent years has gained new prominence with theincreasing visibility of planning approaches such as the New Urbanism. Yet there are few examples of suc
The movement toward creating more sustainable communities has been growing for decades, and in recent years has gained new prominence with theincreasing visibility of planning approaches such as the New Urbanism. Yet there are few examples of succes

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Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface: Establishing a General Duty of Precaution in Environmental Protection Policies in the United States
Introduction: To Foresee and to Forestall 1
Ch. 1 The Precautionary Principle in Contemporary Environmental Policy and Politics 15
Ch. 2 The Precautionary Principle in Practice: A Mandate for Anticipatory Preventative Action 36
Ch. 3 The Precautionary Approach to Chemicals Management: A Swedish Perspective 51
Ch. 4 Asymmetric Information, the Precautionary Principle, and Burdens of Proof 74
Ch. 5 The Precautionary Principle as a Screening Device 100
Ch. 6 Precautionary Science 106
Ch. 7 The Political Economy of Precaution 123
Ch. 8 Precaution and Respect 148
Ch. 9 A Map Toward Precautionary Decision Making 162
Ch. 10 Applying the Precautionary Principle in Practice: Natural Heritage Conservation in Scotland 187
Ch. 11 A Conceptual Framework for the Use of the Precautionary Principle in Law 198
Ch. 12 Alternatives Assessment: Part of Operationalizing and Institutionalizing the Precautionary Principle 207
Ch. 13 Environmental Bonds: Implementing the Precautionary Principle in Environmental Policy 220
Ch. 14 The Precautionary Principle and Corporate Disclosure 241
Ch. 15 Practicing the Principle 252
Ch. 16 How Much Information Do We Need Before Exercising Precaution? 266
Ch. 17 Can We Say "Yes" to Agriculture Using the Precautionary Principle: A Farmer's Perspective 279
Ch. 18 Precautionary Action Not Taken: Corporate Structure and the Case Study of Tetraethyl Lead in the United States 294
Ch. 19 Manganese in Gasoline: A Case Study of the Need for Precautionary Action 309
Ch. 20 Cleaner Production and the Precautionary Principle 323
Ch. 21 The Precautionary Principle: Application to Policies Regarding Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals 327
App. A Lessons from Wingspread 349
App. B Uses of the Precautionary Principle in International Treaties and Agreements in U.S. Legislation 356
Afterword: Why the Precautionary Principle? A Meditation on Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) and the Breasts of Mothers 362
About the Contributors 366
Index 371

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	Acknowledgments
	Foreword
	Preface: Establishing a General Duty of Precaution in Environmental Protection Policies in the United States
	Introduction: To Foresee and to Forestall	1
Ch. 1	The Precautionary Principle in Contemporary Environmental Policy and Politics	15
Ch. 2	The Precautionary Principle in Practice: A Mandate for Anticipatory Preventative Action	36
Ch. 3	The Precautionary Approach to Chemicals Management: A Swedish Perspective	51
Ch. 4	Asymmetric Information, the Precautionary Principle, and Burdens of Proof	74
Ch. 5	The Precautionary Principle as a Screening Device	100
Ch. 6	Precautionary Science	106
Ch. 7	The Political Economy of Precaution	123
Ch. 8	Precaution and Respect	148
Ch. 9	A Map Toward Precautionary Decision Making	162
Ch. 10	Applying the Precautionary Principle in Practice: Natural Heritage Conservation in Scotland	187
Ch. 11	A Conceptual Framework for the Use of the Precautionary Principle in Law	198
Ch. 12	Alternatives Assessment: Part of Operationalizing and Institutionalizing the Precautionary Principle	207
Ch. 13	Environmental Bonds: Implementing the Precautionary Principle in Environmental Policy	220
Ch. 14	The Precautionary Principle and Corporate Disclosure	241
Ch. 15	Practicing the Principle	252
Ch. 16	How Much Information Do We Need Before Exercising Precaution?	266
Ch. 17	Can We Say "Yes" to Agriculture Using the Precautionary Principle: A Farmer's Perspective	279
Ch. 18	Precautionary Action Not Taken: Corporate Structure and the Case Study of Tetraethyl Lead in the United States	294
Ch. 19	Manganese in Gasoline: A Case Study of the Need for Precautionary Action	309
Ch. 20	Cleaner Production and the Precautionary Principle	323
Ch. 21	The Precautionary Principle: Application to Policies Regarding Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals	327
App. A	Lessons from Wingspread	349
App. B	Uses of the Precautionary Principle in International Treaties and Agreements in U.S. Legislation	356
	Afterword: Why the Precautionary Principle? A Meditation on Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) and the Breasts of Mothers	362
	About the Contributors	366
	Index	371