The precautionary principle: An ‘unprincipled’ approach to biotechnology regulation

Business & Economics

• Precautionary Principle 100%
• Biotechnology 78%
• Administrative Law 32%
• Genetically Modified Organisms 26%
• Environmental Decision-making 25%
• Predictability 21%
• Precaution 21%
• Uncertainty 20%
• Decision Criteria 19%
• Accountability 18%
• Transparency 18%
• Decision Rules 17%
• Safety 15%
• Costs and Benefits 15%
• Decision Making 15%
• Trade-offs 12%
• Factors 11%
• United States of America 6%

Social Sciences

• Precautionary principle 90%
• biotechnology 72%
• regulation 40%
• uncertainty 20%
• administrative law 16%
• transparency 11%
• decision making 8%
• costs 7%
• responsibility 7%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Biotechnology 88%
• Uncertainty 21%
• Transparency 17%
• Decision making 12%
• Costs 6%