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1. Please define the precautionary principle. (1 pt.)

2. Please discuss 2 environmental disasters from the below link or from
another source. (1 pt.)

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1986457,
00.html

3. Could the precautionary principle have been used to prevent this
disaster? If so, how. (1 pt.)

4. According to Alexandros Khoury, in the European Union the Precautionary
Principle is most relevant to: (0.5 pts)
a. democratization
b. risk reduction
c. the outcome of decision-making
d. the process of decision-making

5. According to Alexandros Khoury, the true value of the Precautionary
Principle is that it is a regulatory tool that: (0.5 pts)
a. involves the people in the decision-making process
b. excludes the rabble from the decision-making process
c. anticipates unforeseen risks
d. relieves the public of having to pay for risk assessment

6. According to Jonathan H. Adler, requiring that the proponents of an
activity prove that activity is safe amounts to: (0.5 pts)
a. a way of stimulating scientific research
b. a sound way to protect public health and the environment
c. a potential barrier to any activity that could alter the status quo
d. all the above

7. According to Jonathan H. Adler, American environmental law is filled
with regulatory programs that call for regulatory action: (0.5 pts.)
a. in the absence of scientific certainty about the nature and extent of
potential risks to the environment or public health
b. only with full scientific certainty about the nature and extent of
potential risks to the environment or public health
c. only after extensive cost-benefit analysis
d. without regard to actual risks

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Precautionary Principle
1. The precautionary principle is defined as any activity that may threaten the life of humans
or cause harm to the environment when an action is done without adequate scientific
proof, and the burden of that proof falls on the people taking the action
2. environmental disasters
a. Chernobyl
It is one of the world’s most catastrophic disasters that hit Ukraine in...


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