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Conko, Gregory
Precaution (Of A Sort) Without Principle
Publication Date:
November 1, 2001Abstract:
Ideological opponents of the precautionary principle retell the false story of a choler epidemic supposedly being cause of health officials taking precautionary action in Peru in 1991, turning of water chlorination systems to avoid the dangers of cancer from chlorination by products. The story was ...Read/download:
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