Eighteen scientists recently weighed in on the
unscientific and dangerous nature of the so-called “precautionary principle” in
the July
issue of the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology. The article
follows on the heels of a substantially similar
letter to the EU president’s Chief
Scientific Adviser that dozens of scientists signed in protest of the
European Union’s draft regulation on endocrine active
chemicals.
The article and the letter both decry the use of
“precaution” as an excuse to depart from science when making policy decisions.
Indeed, it seems that science is under siege everywhere, and this is just one
example.
The authors lament unscientific language and standards
that EU regulators include within this framework, particularly this statement:…ToRead More…..
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