1: Uncertainty in Science
2: Disease Patterns
3: Human Health & Chemicals
4: Late Lessons

 

Commentary:
As you know, the blinking yellow light or "Caution" light is the signal to heed warnings. It does not mean that you never go forward.

As these lessons progress, we explore the benefits and challenges of implementing the Precautionary Principle in one specific area --human health and chemical exposure.

 

Module 1, Introduction: The Case for Precaution

What a great city Atlanta, Georgia is! While more people choose the public transit system, there is still, on most days, excessive automobile traffic!

Meanwhile, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper has alloted space for its readers to "vent." Often the "vents" are --you guessed it-- about Atlanta's drivers! In October 2004, the paper published the following:

"When did the yellow in the traffic light become
'continue' instead of 'caution'?"

The Precautionary Principle - A Primer begins with "The Case for Precaution."

The case for precaution is based on the following four items which form the basis of the lessons in this module:

  1. Implications of the uncertainty in science regarding chemical exposure.

  2. Disease patterns of cancers and reproductive and developmental problems.

  3. Evidence linking chemical exposure to human disease.

  4. The lessons learned over the last 100 years.
Navigating Module 1:
1) Go to Objectives1 to view the overall scheme of the module. 2) Take the four (4) Lessons listed on the left sidebar in sequencial order. 3) End with the Practice1.

This module should take approximately 2 hours to complete with more time spent examining databases and reviewing materials in Lessons 3 and 4.