The European Union invoked the precautionary principle in 2005, when it banned 6 phthalates from children's products despite objections from its own scientific advisory panel, which felt the documented risks weren't high enough.
It becomes an obsession at risk of obscuring the moment itself, so keenly do I feel the need to document a moment together; somehow feeling that having photos makes me a more legitimate father after a custody battle which inherently suggests you aren't, my evidence stored safely like the family photo albums under the stairs in my parent's home 3,000 miles away.
All of this takes time, but Kim doesn't feel the pull to document conflict zones anymore.
And then, perhaps, the record companies would feel the need to document an art that is alive and valid.
Ms. Stummer, 66, said, "I feel the need to document a world where people are trying to survive in a violent environment," she said.
Why do we feel the need to document and share our impulsive buy with friends and strangers on social media?
Perhaps, when confronted with all of this permanence, we feel the need to document our existence in the impermanent moments surrounding these objects.
It made me wonder why I (and my fellow Millennial pals) feel the need to document as much as we can on social media, as we are "constantly presenting and--more importantly--editing [ourselves] as [we] wish to appear".
After discussing his worry that Trump "might lie about the nature of our meeting," Comey says he didn't feel the need to contemporaneously document his private conversations with George W. Bush or Barack Obama.
On the flip side, when I'm celebrating an achievement or vacationing in a beautiful place, I feel the strong urge to document it, too.
