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Experts question precautionary approach

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Eight months after the United Nations Biosafety Protocol became the first fully fledged international treaty to incorporate the 'precautionary principle', scientists and lawyers remain deeply divided on the principle's definition and merits.

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Macilwain, C. Experts question precautionary approach. Nature 407, 551 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35036730

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