By day, Roger Highfield is a mild-mannered science journalist, author and broadcaster. But under that crisp white lab coat beats the heart of his alter ego, Boffin...

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Precautionary Principle

This has been adopted for regulation at EU level since the early 1990s. But academic studies have revealed around 19 different formulations of this supposed "principle", according to the King’s Institute for Risk Management, London. Nor is there an explanation of how it should be applied. In contrast, at least I think I understand what we mean by taking a precautionary approach when, as the UK Government puts it, "the scientific evidence is incomplete or inconclusive, and there is ...

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Simon Singh
Jad Marrouche
Raj Persaud
David Johnson
Brian Millar