Taking risks with the precautionary principle: Food (and the environment) for thought at the European Commission

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 197-213

  Dratwa, Jim ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Codex Alimentarius; Collective experimentations; European Union; Governance; International organizations; Policy making; Precautionary principle; Risk; Scientific expertise

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346127213     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jepp.110     Document Type: Review

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