Precautionary principle and endocrine active substances
B. D. Goldstein
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public
Health, 103 DeSoto Street,
Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Abstract: The precautionary principle has been central to many
of the debates concerning the appropriate approach to the threat posed
by endocrine active substances (EASs). This newly emerging principle
has been applied to issues as diverse as persistent organic pollutants
and the European trade barrier on beef from hormone-treated cattle.
*Report from a SCOPE/IUPAC project: Implication of
Endocrine Active Substances for Human and Wildlife (J. Miyamoto and
J.Burger, editors). Other reports are published in this issue,
pp. 1617-2615.
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