'Mad cow disease' 1980s-2000: How reassurances undermined precaution

The Precautionary Principle in the 20th Century: Late Lessons from Early Warnings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 170-184

  van Zwanenberg, Patrick ^a   Millstone, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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