The EU wants to take a hazard-based precautionary approach to all chemicals (unless we speak up).
Tag: risk management
The Post-COVID-19 Blueprint (Part 3.2): The Seven Key Steps of Risk Management
Of the 7 key steps in risk management, none were applied in the COVID-19 crisis.
The Post-COVID-19 Blueprint (Part 3.1): The Battle for a New World Order
The Precautionista Post-COVID-19 Blueprint demands more precaution.
Why Precautionary COVID-19 Lockdowns Failed Humanity
A world demanding zero risk can’t manage risks. We’re in trouble.
The Post-COVID-19 Blueprint (Part 2.3): The Docilian Detox
6 steps to remove our risk-averse mindset
The Post-COVID-19 Blueprint (Part 2.2): The Docilian Deathtrap
After 20 year, docilians have woken up to the need for risk management.
The Post-COVID-19 Blueprint (Part 1): How Precaution Failed
Precaution is not a risk management tool. Why it failed to manage COVID-19.
Docilian Dreams and the COVID-19 Nightmare
The precautionary mindset is destroying our risk management capacity.
Generations of Farming
Our grandparents worked hard to deliver successful agriculture. What will we leave our children?
Glyphosate, Beer and Monsanto: An interview with the BfR’s Roland Solecki
Roland Solecki, the head of pesticide safety at the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), gave the Süddeutsche Zeitung an honest interview on glyphosate.
Time to ban coffee? How values dictate our use of precaution
Given that IARC is about to declare coffee as carcinogenic (again), I think we need to play with the fallacy that, on the basis of a mere hazard assessment, we need to act as risk managers and organise a ban on all coffee products!
