{"id":11154,"date":"2013-05-09T16:53:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T20:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=11154"},"modified":"2013-05-09T16:53:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T20:53:10","slug":"exploiting-the-precautionary-principle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=11154","title":{"rendered":"Exploiting the Precautionary Principle"},"content":{"rendered":"

https://dinoeliadis.com/small-business-solutions/ There are a couple of ways to interpret the story about a revoked ordinance in San Francisco that, as Reuters<\/em> reports<\/a>,<\/p>\n

would have been the first in the United States to require [cell phone] retailers to warn consumers about potentially dangerous radiation levels.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

https://worklivelaos.com/1city/ Before it was reversed it was known as–get ready for it–the “right to know” ordinance. Sound familiar<\/a>?<\/p>\n

https://worklivelaos.com/grad1/ Here’s some reaction from a disappointed SF resident:<\/p>\n

Order Ambien Online “This is just a terrible blow to public health,” Ellen Marks, an advocate for the measure, said outside the [city] supervisors’ chambers. She said her husband suffers from a brain tumor on the same side of his head to which he most often held his mobile phone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

https://dentalprovidence.com/endodontic-surgery/ Now, we could interpret this news as a victory for Big Cell Phone, since they fought against the proposal to warn consumers about the potential lethality of cell phones. Big Cell Phone doesn’t want you to know about a virtually non-existent risk<\/a> to your health. Imagine that!<\/p>\n

Buy Valium Online Without Prescription But wait a minute, about midway through the Reuters<\/em> story, this line appears:<\/p>\n

Tramadol Online Purchase Despite mounting evidence the phones may cause brain tumors, scientists disagree and are hesitant to draw conclusions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wha? Mounting evidence? This perplexed science writer John Timmer, who tweeted<\/a>:<\/p>\n

https://www.secpeinvestments.com/contact/ Uhm, @reuters<\/a>, “Despite mounting evidence the phones may cause brain tumors.” What basis do you have for saying that?<\/p>\n

\u2014 John Timmer (@j_timmer) May 8, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Buy Prednisone Online Without Prescription There is no basis, unless you subscribe to the view expressed in the Reuters<\/em> piece by the Environmental Working Group, which advocated for the right-to-know law:<\/p>\n

“If the nation’s experience with tobacco taught us anything, it is that it is dangerous to wait until there is scientific consensus about a potential health threat before providing consumers with information on how they can protect themselves,” said Renee Sharp, the group’s research director.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At some point, I’m going to lay out why the precautionary principle, taken to an extreme is it often is nowadays, makes some people unnecessarily fearful of everything in modern life.<\/p>\n

https://dentalprovidence.com/crowding/ Buy Klonopin Online Overnight UPDATE:\u00a0<\/strong>See this 2010\u00a0post<\/a> by David Ropeik for excellent background on the cellphone freakout in SF.<\/p>\n

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