Introduction
Precautionary Principle History
The Precautionary Principle
Problems with The Precautionary Principle
Sustainable Development
Conclusion
References
Contact
In the News

Scared to Death-Toxic Debate of Chemicals Threatens Risk Based Regulations-American Enterprise Institute-March 11, 2011
http://www.aei.org/article/103306

Don’t Rush to Ban Chemicals-American Enterprise Institute-March 2, 2011
http://www.aei.org/article/103250

The Precautionary Principle: Protectionism and Environmental Extremism by Other Means-Greg Conko
http://cei.org/outreach-regulatory-comments-and-testimony/precautionary-principle-protectionism-and-environmental-e

The EPA's Latest Unscientific Power Grab Jeff Stier-Townhall.com
http://townhall.com/columnists/jeffstier/2011/02/23/
the_epas_latest_unscientific_power_grab

“BPA:DOA”, Jon Entine-American Enterprise Institute, October 27, 2010.
http://www.aei.org/article/102709

"What the Green Movement Got Wrong: Greens come to see the error of their ways”, Charles Moore-Telegraph.co.uk, November 8, 2010.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/charlesmoore/8116595/What-the-Green-Movement-Got-Wrong-Greens-come-to-see-the-error-of-their-ways.html

“Sustainable Development and Biodiversity: Productivity, Efficiency and Conservation”, Indur Goklany & Merritt Sprague, Cato Policy Analysis August 2, 1992
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-175es.html

“The Cost of Environmental Protection”, Richard Morgenstern, William Pizer & Jhih-Shyang Shih, Resources for the Future, May 1998
http://www.rff.org/rff/documents/rff-dp-98-36.pdf

“Precautionary Tale”, Ronald Bailey-Reason Magazine April 1999
http://reason.com/archives/1999/04/01/precautionary-tale

“The Folly of Smart Growth”, Randal O’Toole, Cato Regulation Fall 2001
http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv24n3/otoole.pdf

“Technology Change and the Environment”, Adam Jaffe, Richard Newell & Robert Stavins, Resources for the Future, November 2001
http://www.rff.org/rff/documents/rff-dp-00-47.pdf

“The Economics of Sustainability: A Review of Journal Articles”, John Pezzey & Michael Toman, Resources for the Future, January 2002
http://www.rff.org/rff/documents/rff-dp-02-03.pdf

“The Paralyzing Principle”, Cass Sunstein-Cato Regulation Winter 2002-2003
http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv25n4/v25n4-9.pdf

“Taking Environmentalist Seriously”, Jerry Taylor & Peter Van Dorn Cato Institute November 15, 2002
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=4163

“The Perils of the Precautionary Principle: Lessons from the American and European Experience”, John Graham
Heartland Institute, January 15, 2004
http://www.heritage.org/research/lecture/the-perils-of-the-precautionary-principle-lessons-from-the-american-and-european-experience

“Environmentalism and Other Challenges of the Current Era”, Vaclav Klaus, Cato Economic Development Bulletin, April 20, 2007
http://www.cato.org/pubs/edb/edb10.pdf

“The Double Standard in Environmental Science”, Stanley Trimble, Cato Regulation Summer 2007
http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv30n2/v30n2-1.pdf

“Lessons for New Technologies”, Gary Marchant, Mercatus Center, June 2008
http://mercatus.org/sites/default/files/publication/
WP0826_RSP_Lessons_for_New_Technologies.pdf

"Environmentalism as Religion", Paul Rubin-Wall Street Journal, April 22, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304510004575186343555831322.html
 
"Can You Hear Me Now?  The Truth about Cell Phones and Cancer", Michael Shermer-Scientific American Magazine, October 2010
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=can-you-hear-me-now