. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Rachel's Precaution Reporter #38"Foresight and Precaution, in the News and in the World"Wednesday, May 17, 2006..............Printer-friendly versionwww.rachel.org -- To make a secure donation, click here. |
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Table of Contents Edition Portland, Oregon City Council Adopts Toxics Reduction Strategy Portland, Oregon and Multnomah County have adopted a precaution- based purchasing policy intended to reduce governmental use of toxic materials. World Council of Churches Urges Ban On 'Terminator' Technology The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches has issued a strong condemnation of terminator seeds and has called on churches and ecumenical partners to take action to stop the technology. The Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia warns that sterile seed technology would increase economic injustice all over the world:"Applying technology to design sterile seeds turns life, which is a gift from God, into a commodity." Environmentalists' Quest to Ban Life-Saving Flame-Retardants Radical anti-environmentalist Elizabeth Whelan once again distorts and misrepresents the precautionary approach so that she can trash it. Her work is funded mainly by corporate polluters. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Rachel's Precaution Reporter offers news, views and practical examples of the Precautionary Principle, or Foresight Principle, in action. The Precautionary Principle is a modern way of making decisions, to minimize harm. Rachel's Precaution Reporter tries to answer such questions as, Why do we need the precautionary principle? Who is using precaution? Who is opposing precaution? We often include attacks on the precautionary principle because we believe it is essential for advocates of precaution to know what their adversaries are saying, just as abolitionists in 1830 needed to know the arguments used by slaveholders. Rachel's Precaution Reporter is published as often as necessary to provide readers with up-to-date coverage of the subject. As you come across stories that illustrate the precautionary principle -- or the need for the precautionary principle -- please Email them to us at rpr@rachel.org. Editors: Peter Montague - peter@rachel.org Tim Montague - tim@rachel.org ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: To start your own free Email subscription to Rachel's Precaution Reporter send a blank Email to one of these addresses: Full HTML edition: join-rpr-html@gselist.org Table of Contents edition: join-rpr-toc@gselist.org In response, you will receive an Email asking you to confirm that you want to subscribe. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: |
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