Deploying the precautionary principle is a laser-focused way to kill off any new technology. As it happens, a new bill in the Hawaii Legislature explicitly applies the precautionary principle in ...

The problems of the “precautionary principle” received a thorough airing from its critics at a December 12 forum sponsored by the George C. Marshall Institute, a Washington DC-based think tank ...

The precautionary principle hides unseen risks and tradeoffs beneath the surface. Two recent Trump executive orders (EOs), issued on May 23, 2025, contain detailed legal language, but behind these ...

Better safe than sorry. That's a great lesson for a child when a parent explains why she should wear a helmet when riding her bicycle. But that refrain makes for terrible public health policy. "Better ...

In 2020, the European Commission introduced the principle into the sustainable finance regulatory framework including for climate indexes, as labelled ‘Paris-aligned’ or ‘climate transition’ ...

The precautionary principle can be summed up in age-old sayings like: “Look before you leap,” “First, do no harm,” or “Better safe than sorry.” Put another way, think of Murphy’s law, “If anything can ...

It is not often that a forestry class delves into the realm of philosophy. So, when my teacher started discussing the “precautionary principle” during Forest Resource Policy, I felt slightly out of ...

As representatives of one of the civil society organizations mentioned in Miller and Conko's Commentary on the precautionary principle (Nat. Biotechnol. 19 , 302–303, 2001 ), we would like to respond ...