Terms like toxic-free, safe and zero-pollution are emotional dreams which, like unicorns, don’t exist.
Tag: hazard-based regulation
KeystoneCorona Conclusion: How European Leadership Failed
European precautionistas couldn’t control COVID-19 while East Asian risk managers did
My Feedback to the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
The EU wants to take a hazard-based precautionary approach to all chemicals (unless we speak up).
The Post-COVID-19 Blueprint (Part 1): How Precaution Failed
Precaution is not a risk management tool. Why it failed to manage COVID-19.
Generations of Farming
Our grandparents worked hard to deliver successful agriculture. What will we leave our children?
Glyphosate: What the Zealots Really Wanted
Glyphosate’s authorisation was renewed today, but let’s not lose sight of the big picture. The zealots want to destroy the EU regulatory process.
Glyphosate and the Regulatory Failure of Precaution
Europe’s failure to renew a safe, beneficial herbicide is a clarion call to reassess the illegitimate, hazard-based precautionary principle.
My Wishlist for the New Head of IARC
How to rebuild IARC after Chris Wild’s sudden departure.
The Possibilist Principle: How Brussels Became a Hazard-based Activist Playground
How did we ever get to the madness of a hazard-based precautionary policy approach? Through those relentless possibilists.
The Two Paths to Policy
Policy-makers today need to choose between the risk-based or hazard-based route to policy management.
Getting lost with a bad compass: Precaution and pesticides
Using precaution as an impulse is like using a broken compass: you’ll never actually know how lost you are. Why precaution does not work for pesticides.
Risk Aversion and the Curse of Expediency
Expediency: the “art of making something go away” has become the main political virtue in Brussels. This has allowed contrapreneurs to win on issues.
The Risk-Monger 