In spite of its vast potential to benefit humanity – and negligible likelihood of harm to human health or the environment – nine years after its creation, golden rice remains hung up in regulatory red tape with no end in sight.
The harm to human health resulting from nuclear power is tiny compared to other energy sources, principally coal.
We know what comes out of the tailpipe of an ICE car, toxic and carcinogenic gasses which cause untold levels of harm to human beings.
Although genetically modified crops are now cultivated on over 70m hectares in 18 countries, there has been no evidence of harm to human health or to the environment.
They also used the climate change defence – that their actions were designed to prevent immediate harm to human life and property from climate change – and were acquitted.
Opponents often invoke a one-sided interpretation of the "precautionary principle,'' which argues against introducing activities into the environment that, in theory, could cause harm to human health.
The bomb was a homemade antipersonnel device filled with nails, meant to cause as much harm to human beings as possible.
The Supreme Court's president, Miriam Naor, also departed from protocol, declaring that "the court is the last barrier preventing harm to human dignity and other basic rights.
Hazardous-waste management, the collection, treatment, and disposal of waste material that, when improperly handled, can cause substantial harm to human health and safety or to the environment.
Opponents often invoke a one-sided interpretation of the "precautionary principle," which argues against introducing activities into the environment that, in theory, could cause harm to human health.
May, whose government is always sounding off against the act (let's see if they ever find a practical way to curb its excesses without doing much more harm to human rights), was happy to use article 3 to rescue McKinnon.
