Stretching the frontiers of precaution

The increasing pace and impact of technological change in the world underline the growing need for taking due precautions. In this essay the author reviews a number of cases over the past 2 centuries where new technologies have been introduced too rapidly with too little attention to possible conseq...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Derek Osborn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2002-09-01
Series:Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics
Online Access:http://www.int-res.com/articles/esep/2002/E13.pdf