Dark side of precautionary principle.

Consumer Comments | September 22, 2002 | Copyright

The government of Zambia--with three million people facing death by starvation--on October 29 gave its final refusal to distribute U.S. grain already stored there to help feed its starving population. Zambia's Agriculture Minister Mundia Sikatana invoked the "precautionary principle" as his rationale--that is, since the grain was produced through the use of modern biotechnology, it has not been proven to be perfectly safe and may present some future risks to people or the environment. The Zambian government also said it fears European Union countries would refuse imports from ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Columbus was an explorer: Columbus day is October 13.(Christopher Columbus)
Magazine article from: Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin) ; Christopher Columbus was an explorer. Explorers travel to places to learn more about them. Columbus sailed the ocean on a ship called the Santa...Look inside to learn about his travels. Columbus Had an Idea Columbus lived long, long ago...
Columbus Gold Corporation: Columbus Silver Completes IPO.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News ; ...VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Sep 22, 2008 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Columbus Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:CGT) ( Columbus Gold or the Company ) announces that Columbus Silver Corporation (TSX VENTURE:CSC) ( Columbus Silver ), formerly...
Columbus Acquisition Corp. Board Approves Extension to Complete Acquisition of Integrated Drilling Equipment Company.
Business Wire ; NEW YORK -- Columbus Acquisition Corp. ("Columbus") (NYSE Amex: BUS, BUS-U, BUS-WT) announced today...incorporation (the "Extension Amendments") to allow Columbus more time to complete its proposed business combination...
Columbus Acquisition Corp. and Its Acquisition Target Integrated Drilling Equipment Company to Present at Investment and Industry Conferences.
Business Wire ; NEW YORK & HOUSTON -- Columbus Acquisition Corp. ("Columbus") (NYSEAlternextUS: BUS, BUS-U, BUS-WT) announced today that the management of Columbus and its acquisition target, Integrated Drilling Equipment...
Columbus Acquisition Corp. To Submit Plan Regarding Annual Meeting.
News Wire article from: Business Wire ; NEW YORK & HOUSTON -- Columbus Acquisition Corp. ( Columbus or the Company ) (NYSE Alternext US: BUS, BUS...Drilling Equipment Company ( IDE ) will also serve as Columbus's annual meeting of stockholders. This action is...
Columbus Controversy
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ; ...the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World. Congress...promoting a look-alike set of Christopher Columbus "commemoratives" with ads suggesting...possible mail fraud in the sales of the Columbus medals, which were authorized by another...
Discovering Columbus // Romantic `1492' Reveals His Dogged Complexity
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times ; ...STAR) (STAR) (STAR) Christopher Columbus Gerard Depardieu Sanchez Armand Assante...Conquest of Paradise" sees Christopher Columbus as more complex and humane than in the...screen treatments of the character. His Columbus is an enlightened revision of the traditional...
Columbus sightings
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe ; ...With the quincentenary celebration of Columbus' arrival in the New World still a year...about him are a measure of popularity, Columbus is going to have a banner year. Here...artist Peter Sis re-creates the life of Columbus in "Follow the Dream: The Story of...
Columbus Networks completes submarine network to Trinidad.(NEW CABLES)
Magazine article from: Submarine Fiber Optic Communications ; Columbus Networks, the premier wholesale provider...Caribbean region and a subsidiary of Columbus Communications Inc., announced that...Tobago to Curacao and to the rest of Columbus's ARCOS undersea network, which currently...
Can Columbus stay on growth
Newspaper article from: Call & Post ; ...Republican, can agree, it is this: Columbus has had a stable and productive economy...is not destiny. And the candidates in Columbus' mayoral and city council races have...the economic growth that has made the Columbus and Central Ohio economy the lone bright...

Find more facts and information related to the article "Dark side of precautionary principle."