Nanomaterials and the Precautionary Principle
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Nanomaterials and the Precautionary Principle doi:10.1289/ehp.1103687 Kessler (2011) provided a valuable update on the current state of research and regulatory pol icy concerning nano materials. However, the article could give the mis leading impression that the precautionary principle constitutes a straightforward guideline for improving public policy in this area. Instead, the precautionary principle provides only a general framework that must be specified before one can ade quately assess its implications for policy. Near the beginning of the article, Kessler (2011) quoted Alexis BadenMayer, who worried,
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دوره 119 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2011