Risk versus precaution: A false dichotomy

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Charnley, G [1 ]
Elliott, ED [1 ]
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[1] HealthRisk Strategies, Washington, DC USA
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The current debate about the appropriate roles of risk analysis and precaution in health and environmental risk management decision-making often presents risk analysis and precaution as though one can be substituted for the other. In fact, risk analysis and precaution can and do work together. This paper presents the legal basis for the evolution of precautionary and risk-based decisions in the US and shows how the differences between the US and European legal traditions are partly responsible for the debate. A simple framework for clarifying the extent to which decisions have a scientific or a policy basis is proposed.
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