Protecting public health & the environment : implementing the precautionary principle / edited by Carolyn Raffensperger and Joel A. Tickner ; foreword by Wes Jackson.

Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [1999], ©1999.

xxvi, 385 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Establishing a general duty of precaution in environmental protection policies in the United States / Ken Geiser -- The precautionary principle in contemporary environmental policy and politics / Andrew Jordan and Timothy O'Riordan -- The precautionary principle in practice : a mandate for anticipatory preventative action / David Santillo, Paul Johnston, and Ruth Stringer -- The precautionary approach to chemicals management : a Swedish perspective / Bo Wahlström -- Asymmetric information, the precautionary principle, and burdens of proof / Carl F. Cranor -- The precautionary principle as a screening device / David Ozonoff -- Precautionary science / Katherine Barrett and Carolyn Raffensperger -- The political economy of precaution / R. Michael M'Gonigle -- Precaution and respect / Anita Bernstein -- A map toward precautionary decision making / Joel A. Tickner -- Applying the precautionary principle in practice : natural heritage conservation in Scotland / Scottish Natural Heritage -- A conceptual framework for the use of the precautionary principle in law / Nicholas A. Ashford -- Alternatives assessment : part of operationalizing and institutionalizing the precautionary principle / Mary O'Brien -- Environmental bonds : implementing the precautionary principle in environmental policy / Laura Cornwell and Robert Costanza -- The precautionary principle and corporate disclosure / Sanford Lewis -- Practicing the principle / Richard D. Sclove and Madeleine L. Scammell -- How much information do we need before exercising precaution? / Gordon K. Durnil -- Can we say "yes" to agriculture using the precautionary principle : a farmer's perspective / Frederick Kirschenmann -- Precautionary action not taken : corporate structure and the case study of tetraethyl lead in the United States / Peter Montague -- Manganese in gasoline : a case study of the need for precautionary action / Ted Schettler -- Cleaner production and the precautionary principle / Ken Geiser -- The precautionary principle : application to policies regarding endocrine-disrupting chemicals / Peter L. deFur -- Why the precautionary principle? A meditation on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and the breasts of mothers / Sandra Steingraber.

Includes bibliographical references and index.