Sentence examples for precautionary stance from inspiring English sources

Relation to uncertainty: both RRI and neoliberalism assume uncertainty as opening opportunities for action rather than a motivation for adopting a merely precautionary stance.

We conclude that major benefits are likely to accrue through the use of safe and effective HGGM and that it would thus be unethical to take a precautionary stance against HGGM.

The eugenics backdrop tends to skew the burden of proof the other way in the debate, towards a more "precautionary" stance that gives advocates of enhancement the burden of distinguishing their proposals from old style eugenics in order to defend the parts of that ideology that they share (Kitcher 1997; Harris, 2007; Agar 2004).

We also suggested that regulators adopt a more precautionary stance, and report on a wider array of environmental and health indicators, even if certainty about the effects of fracking on these indicators requires further scientific study.

Given this uncertainty, a precautionary stance advises against any drinking in pregnancy.

Economic policy will be aligned with the terms of a precautionary stand-by arrangement with the IMF, which will want a tight fiscal stance and progress on privatisation of state energy and transport firms.

I'm stressing precautionary".

"We just took precautionary measures.

Precautionary X-rays were negative.

— Precautionary statement in pharmaceutical ad.

"This was a precautionary measure.