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Rachel's Precaution Reporter #62

"Foresight and Precaution, in the News and in the World"

Wednesday, November 1, 2006..........Printer-friendly version
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Table of Contents Edition

Corporations Sue San Francisco Over Precautionary Chemicals Policy
  In case you missed it in Rachel's News last Thursday: A group of
  corporations is suing San Francsico in court, claiming the city has no
  right to take precautionary action to protect its children from toxic
  chemicals in toys. This is important news. It is the first legal
  challenge to the precautionary ordinance San Francisco adopted in
  2002.
Can Greenpeace Get Apple Computer To Adopt Precaution?
  Greenpeace purchased a booth at Mac Expo to pressure Apple Computer
  to adopt green business practices, including the precautionary
  principle. For their efforts, Greenpeace activists were ejected from
  the Expo.

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  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
  
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