Usually means: Avoid risk when uncertainty exists.
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  1. precautionary principle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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  3. precautionary principle: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Precautionary Principle, Precautionary principle, The Precautionary Principle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. precautionary principle: The Skeptic's Dictionary

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▸ noun:  The precautionary principle (or precautionary approach) is a broad epistemological, philosophical and legal approach to innovations with potential for causing harm when extensive scientific knowledge on the matter is lacking.


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