Precautionary Tools for Reshaping Environmental Policy

Precautionary Tools for Reshaping Environmental Policy

1 Centro de Astrobiologı́a (INTA-CSIC), Ctra. Torrejón Ajalvir, Km 4. Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain; 2 Centro Nacional de Biotecnologı́a (CSIC), Darwin 3, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain; 3 Bioalma, Ronda de Poniente 4, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain and 4 Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, Calle Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, Madrid, Spain * Corresponding author. Centro Nacional de Biotecno...

The precautionary principle and environmental policy: science, uncertainty, and sustainability.

n matters of personal health, prevention and precaution are widely recognized " best practices. " Policymakers are eager to endorse suggestions that we exercise or eat more fiber, or avoid tobacco and alcohol. Policies governing the release of toxic chemicals into the environment have not reflected similar common sense and foresight. However , there are some positive signs that this is changing...

Should Environmental Taxes Be Precautionary?

Integrated modelling tools for agricultural and environmental policy analysis

The food industry in the EU is currently facing an era of changes and farmers need to adapt to the changing patterns induced by the food crisis, the global financial crisis, farm output price volatility, macroeconomic instability, climate change and a new post-2013 CAP. Throughout this unstable period, the impact of these changes on farmers’ incomes will be a key issue to be addressed by EU pol...

Cancer prevention through a precautionary approach to environmental chemicals: policy and research recommendations for moving forward.

1. Primary prevention of cancer: great potential, little progress Progress on the prevention of cancers caused by chemical hazards in the workplace and general environment has fallen far short of what is feasible. I will discuss three main reasons for this: 1) public funds dedicated to primary cancer prevention are inadequate; 2) the process of identifying carcinogens in the environment and reg...