The Precautionary Principle
By Thomas R. DeGregori The genetic modification debate has given new life to what is being called the “precautionary principle,” which claims that if the possible adverse consequences are catastrophic,...
View ArticleJunk Science rules in the EU, says Parliamentarian
A Wall Street Journal Op-ed by a member of the EU Parliament decries the direction being taken by science there: it’s back to the dark ages as fear trumps evidence. Continue reading →
View ArticlePhthalates given a reprieve by the EU — surprisingly, given European devotion...
Denmark’s political agenda against “endocrine disrupting” phthalates brought to a halt by the authorities of the EU. Wiser heads prevail, unusual over there, but there is no solid evidence that...
View ArticleAgenda-based precautionary ban of neonics causes the opposite of its intent
A cogent opinion piece in The Times of London exposes the fallacy of the EU’s precautionary ban of a safe and effective class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids. Their ban is not based on actual...
View ArticleNeonicotinoid ban based on precautionary principle, not science
A ban instituted at the behest of anti-science NGOs and their donors — people who had little familiarity with science or farming or farmers - in Europe should be removed. Continue reading →
View ArticlePrescribing Caution with Precautionary Principle
We exercise reasonable precaution with new products and technology, right? Sure we do! But the Precautionary Principle, as it's most often invoked, would bring scientific and industrial progress to a...
View ArticleSolid Reporting on the (Non) Risks of Roundup
A well-written and illustrative article in the Washington Post explains a great deal about the U.N.'s International Agency for Research on Cancer, and Monsanto's herbicide glyphosate, Roundup. It...
View ArticleTSCA’s Overhaul to Only Benefit EPA Bureaucrats
A new version of the Toxic Substances Control Act, called "reform," is well on its way to passage in Congress. Why is this necessary? It's not — but a strange alliance of anti-chemical activists and...
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