precautionary principle, n.Definitions

The Precautionary principle (n.) nips ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a crime in its very imagining, so we never learn whether it would have happened.

The Precautionary principle (n.) reverses ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the burden: nothing enters the environment untested, nothing that builds up in our tissues is allowed, and safer alternatives must be used where they exist — which is why industry fights it.