What is the Precautionary Principle, and is it Good or Bad? HD

http://youtube.com/riskbites Plenty of people have an opinion on whether the precautionary principle is good or bad, but what exactly is it? RESOURCES The Precautionary Principle website: http://www.precautionaryprinciple.eu/ UNESCO -- The Precautionary Principle (2005) -- PDF http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001395/139578e.pdf Communication from the European Commission on the Precautionary Principle (2000) -- PDF http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/library/pub/pub07_en.pdf The Precautionary Principle and European Union Legislation: http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/consumers/consumer_safety/l32042_en.htm The Paralyzing Principle (2002) -- by Cass Sunstein, in case you are interested in an alternative perspective -- PDF http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/regulation/2002/12/v25n4-9.pdf The Risk Bites Team: Producer: Andrew Maynard Research Director: David Faulkner Risk Bites is supported by: University of Michigan School of Public Health. http://www.sph.umich.edu/ University of Michigan Risk Science Center. http://umriskcenter.org Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/FFGv/