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* mobile communications technologies have since the [[1990s]] been pushed on the market, while safety data was not existing; the [[WHO]] does list it (still) as "Possible Human Carcinogen" <ref>https://ehtrust.org/science/whoiarc-position-on-wireless-and-health/</ref> - after heavy pressure from the industry to not go further (to not use the word "likely"){{cn}} | * mobile communications technologies have since the [[1990s]] been pushed on the market, while safety data was not existing; the [[WHO]] does list it (still) as "Possible Human Carcinogen" <ref>https://ehtrust.org/science/whoiarc-position-on-wireless-and-health/</ref> - after heavy pressure from the industry to not go further (to not use the word "likely"){{cn}} | ||
− | * around [[2004]] <ref>http://archive.today/2022.05.26-000649/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Directive_on_Traditional_Herbal_Medicinal_Products</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150221023749/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2004:136:0085:0090:en:PDF</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20101126220658/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do?mode=dbl&lang=en&lng1=en,de&lng2=bg,cs,da,de,el,en,es,et,fi,fr,hu,it,lt,lv,mt,nl,pl,pt,ro,sk,sl,sv,&val=343606:cs&page=1&hwords=</ref> the [[EU]] started the process of enacting legislation that prevented small producers of (herbal based) health remedies to sell their products - the testing processes for market approval were made too expensive for these smaller companies, practically ending their business,<ref>https://www.gesundheitlicheaufklaerung.de/eu-richtlinie-thmpd-naturheilmittel/ saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20200926031501/https://www.gesundheitlicheaufklaerung.de/eu-richtlinie-thmpd-naturheilmittel/ Archive.org] saved at [https://archive.ph/NP86l Archive.is]</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20051013071221/http://www.winhs.org/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130124203552/http://www.winhs.org/ - https://web.archive.org/web/20130625004955/http://www.winhs.org/alert.htm</ref><ref>https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/eu_herbal_medicine_ban/ saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20181223063645/https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/eu_herbal_medicine_ban/ Archive.org]</ref><ref>https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/de/eu_herbal_medicine_ban/ saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20200804062342/https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/de/eu_herbal_medicine_ban/ Archive.org]</ref> or preventing start of it. The regulations went so far as to make <u>high quality genotoxic data</u> a requirement for approval (!) <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20101011075820/http://www.anh-europe.org/files/100713_ANH-Briefing_Paper_THMPD_German.pdf</ref><ref>explained in this video (in German) by Dr [[Gottfried Lange]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120421041743/http://www.drgottfriedlange.com/Publications/Bio.html bio from old website], [http://doctorgottfriedlange.com/about-dr.-lange.html current website]): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfQk4bdWug4 Das Aus für Heilpflanzen und Naturheilmittel - Dr. Gottfried Lange] (ca 2010, via [[Alpenparlament TV]])</ref> | + | * around [[2004]] <ref>http://archive.today/2022.05.26-000649/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Directive_on_Traditional_Herbal_Medicinal_Products</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150221023749/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2004:136:0085:0090:en:PDF</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20101126220658/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do?mode=dbl&lang=en&lng1=en,de&lng2=bg,cs,da,de,el,en,es,et,fi,fr,hu,it,lt,lv,mt,nl,pl,pt,ro,sk,sl,sv,&val=343606:cs&page=1&hwords=</ref> the [[EU]] started the process of enacting legislation that prevented small producers of (herbal based) health remedies to sell their products - the testing processes for market approval were made too expensive for these smaller companies, practically ending their business,<ref>https://www.gesundheitlicheaufklaerung.de/eu-richtlinie-thmpd-naturheilmittel/ saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20200926031501/https://www.gesundheitlicheaufklaerung.de/eu-richtlinie-thmpd-naturheilmittel/ Archive.org] saved at [https://archive.ph/NP86l Archive.is]</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20051013071221/http://www.winhs.org/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130124203552/http://www.winhs.org/ - https://web.archive.org/web/20130625004955/http://www.winhs.org/alert.htm</ref><ref>https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/eu_herbal_medicine_ban/ saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20181223063645/https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/eu_herbal_medicine_ban/ Archive.org]</ref><ref>https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/de/eu_herbal_medicine_ban/ saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20200804062342/https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/de/eu_herbal_medicine_ban/ Archive.org]</ref> or preventing start of it. The regulations went so far as to make <u>high quality genotoxic data</u> a requirement for approval (!) <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20101011075820/http://www.anh-europe.org/files/100713_ANH-Briefing_Paper_THMPD_German.pdf</ref><ref>explained in this video (in German) by Dr [[Gottfried Lange]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120421041743/http://www.drgottfriedlange.com/Publications/Bio.html bio from old website], [http://doctorgottfriedlange.com/about-dr.-lange.html current website]): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfQk4bdWug4 Das Aus für Heilpflanzen und Naturheilmittel - Dr. Gottfried Lange] (ca 2010, via [[Alpenparlament TV]])</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxqda0zElmk saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20201116010303/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxqda0zElmk&feature=youtu.be Archive.org] (video is archived, buffering may take a while) saved at [https://archive.ph/rUnVW Archive.is]</ref> |
* [[mRNA]] based [[vaccines]] do not have any safety data but are administered on a mass scale anyway | * [[mRNA]] based [[vaccines]] do not have any safety data but are administered on a mass scale anyway |
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Precautionary principle (scientific principle) | |
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Better safe than sorry |
The precautionary principle (or precautionary approach) is a philosophical approach to innovations with the potential for causing harm when extensive scientific knowledge on the matter is lacking.[1]
Official narrative
The precautionary principle emphasizes caution, pausing and review before leaping into new innovations that may prove disastrous. It informs public policy and decision making.
Concerns
While the intention is to prevent harm, corporations can use their leverage on regulatory bodies so that it is applied selectively.
- mobile communications technologies have since the 1990s been pushed on the market, while safety data was not existing; the WHO does list it (still) as "Possible Human Carcinogen" [2] - after heavy pressure from the industry to not go further (to not use the word "likely")[citation needed]
- around 2004 [3][4][5] the EU started the process of enacting legislation that prevented small producers of (herbal based) health remedies to sell their products - the testing processes for market approval were made too expensive for these smaller companies, practically ending their business,[6][7][8][9][10] or preventing start of it. The regulations went so far as to make high quality genotoxic data a requirement for approval (!) [11][12][13]
Exploitation
The precautionary principle was exploited by Vice President Dick Cheney to create an excuse to do whatever he already wanted to do. As told by Ron Suskind[14]:
Cheney listened intently, hard-eyed, clamped down tight. When the briefing finished, he said nothing for a moment. And then he was ready with his different way, a different way of thinking: 'If there's a 1 percent chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al-Qaida build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty, in terms of our response,' Cheney said. He paused to assess his declaration. 'It's not about our analysis or finding a preponderance of evidence,' he added. 'It's about our response.' "So, now spoken, it stood, a standard of action that would frame events and responses from the administration for years to come, the Cheney doctrine. Even if there's just a 1 percent chance of the unimaginable coming true, act as if it's a certainty. It's not about our analysis, as Cheney said. It's about our response. The doctrine, the 1 percent solution, divided what has largely been indivisible in the conduct of American foreign policy, analysis and action.
External links
References
- ↑ https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_IDA(2015)573876
- ↑ https://ehtrust.org/science/whoiarc-position-on-wireless-and-health/
- ↑ http://archive.today/2022.05.26-000649/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Directive_on_Traditional_Herbal_Medicinal_Products
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150221023749/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2004:136:0085:0090:en:PDF
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101126220658/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do?mode=dbl&lang=en&lng1=en,de&lng2=bg,cs,da,de,el,en,es,et,fi,fr,hu,it,lt,lv,mt,nl,pl,pt,ro,sk,sl,sv,&val=343606:cs&page=1&hwords=
- ↑ https://www.gesundheitlicheaufklaerung.de/eu-richtlinie-thmpd-naturheilmittel/ saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20051013071221/http://www.winhs.org/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130124203552/http://www.winhs.org/ - https://web.archive.org/web/20130625004955/http://www.winhs.org/alert.htm
- ↑ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/eu_herbal_medicine_ban/ saved at Archive.org
- ↑ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/de/eu_herbal_medicine_ban/ saved at Archive.org
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101011075820/http://www.anh-europe.org/files/100713_ANH-Briefing_Paper_THMPD_German.pdf
- ↑ explained in this video (in German) by Dr Gottfried Lange (bio from old website, current website): Das Aus für Heilpflanzen und Naturheilmittel - Dr. Gottfried Lange (ca 2010, via Alpenparlament TV)
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxqda0zElmk saved at Archive.org (video is archived, buffering may take a while) saved at Archive.is
- ↑ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-one-percent-doctrine