When the Precautionary Principle Is Introduced into the Regulation of Chemicals

question 26

Multiple Choice

When the precautionary principle is introduced into the regulation of chemicals it

• A) introduces caution into public decisions where substantial damages may be unknown.
• B) re-examines where the burden of proof should lie.
• C) scrutinizes serious threats that involve irreversible damage regardless of scientific certainty.
• D) all of the above.

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The use of reason to move from observable, measurable facts to hypotheses to testable explanations for those facts.

World Exists

The acknowledgment of the reality of the physical universe and everything in it.

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