Sisyphus Speaks 330: Precautionary Principle be Damned.
b'The Precautionary principle\\n\\nstates that if an action or policy has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of scientific consensus that the action or policy is not harmful, the burden of proof that it is not harmful falls on those taking an action\\u2026The principle implies that there is a social responsibility to protect the public from exposure to harm, when scientific investigation has found a plausible risk.'