SAN FRANCISCO is poised to become the first city in the nation to adopt the Precautionary Principle -- a new policy framework widely used in western and northern European countries for developing laws ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Medical innovations do not happen overnight. Whether it is gene therapies, new vaccines, or cutting-edge medical equipment, ...

Better safe than sorry. That's a great lesson for a child when a parent explains why she should wear a helmet when riding her bicycle. But that refrain makes for terrible public health policy. "Better ...

Confronted with the possibility of severe environmental harms, such as catastrophic climate change, some researchers have suggested that we should abandon the principle at the heart of standard ...

As a health professional in Durango, I have seen an inordinate amount of Durango residents who have the telltale sign of fluoride toxicity: dental fluorosis. Dental fluorosis is a condition that now ...

This paper analyzes the prospects for introducing the precautionary principle in water protection policy. In situations where a problem enters the political agenda and scientific uncertainties remain ...

The CDC just announced the pause of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the U.S. because of six blood clots among seven million people vaccinated. If you're shaking your head trying to figure out why the ...

University of Windsor provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. University of Windsor provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a rapidly ...