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WWWearthNovember 30, 2016

While the precautionary principle, which essentially translates into “better safe than sorry,” may seem like a reasonable approach in the face of certain uncertainties, it is all too often employed to halt beneficial, tested technologies and scientific applications.  The European Union is a big fan of the principle — even in situations where science indicates otherwise as explained by Marcel Kunz in Overly Cautious and Unscientific.  As Kunz notes, precautionary “scare tactics” make it generally “impossible for an ordinary citizen to distinguish truth from lies.”