The Duh Principle: Better Safe Than Sorry

Look before you leap. Better safe than sorry. These simple mottos express the heart of the precautionary principle, which acts as a lens for scientific choices, an insurance policy against our own ignorance. Carolyn Raffensperger and Sharyle Patton share stories that put flesh and bone on this golden rule.  Bios:   Carolyn Raffensperger, Executive Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network (SEHN), a national consortium of environmental groups dedicated to the use of science to protect the environment and public health, has a background in environmental activism including 9 years as a Field Representative for the Sierra Club. Widely known for her work on the precautionary principle, she recently co-edited Protecting Public Health and the Environment: Implementing the Precautionary Principle and serves on several nonprofit boards of directors. Quote: "Our life depends on empathy because we're connected with all creation..." Carolyn Raffensperger  Sharyle Patton is the Co-Di