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Re: Precautionary Principle
The Food and Drug Administration will sometimes
classify a product as GRAS, "generally recognized as
safe." This precludes further analysis for its
typical use by the manufacturer and public.
--- jjcohen <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET> wrote:
> Does anyone have any idea of what constitutes proof
> that something cannot be
> harmful? Isn't that like trying to prove a negative?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mercado, Don <don.mercado@lmco.com>
> To: radsafe <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>;
> <Know_Nukes@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 11:36 AM
> Subject: Precautionary Principle
>
>
> > Today in our staff meeting someone mentioned the
> "Precautionary Principle"
> and that the concept is moving into the US from
> Europe. A quick web search
> turned up this:
> >
> > > http://www.sehn.org/about.html
> > >
> > > This is a group promoting the Precautionary
> Principle in the US. They're
> a coalition of environmental groups pushing to
> replace science based
> regulations with regulations based on someone's
> political agenda. The basis
> for their stance seems to be "prove that it doesn't"
> harm us. What are your
> experiences with this Principle?
> > >
> > > Donald P. Mercado
> > > Radiation Safety Officer
> > > Explosives Safety Officer
> > > Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
> > > O/EK-20, B/157
> > > 1111 Lockheed Martin Way
> > > Sunnyvale, CA 94089
> > > Ph. (408) 742-0759
> > > Fx. (408) 756-0504
> > > Don.Mercado@lmco.com
> > >
> >
>
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"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
Thomas Jefferson
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
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