Transcript: Is 'Better Safe Than Sorry' Reason Enough For Law?

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April 15, 2009
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STEVE INSKEEP
NPR Morning Edition
04-15-2009
Is 'Better Safe Than Sorry' Reason Enough For Law?

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Another question for Congress is whether to ban a plastic additive from food and drink containers. It's not clear whether this additive, called BPA, is dangerous to people, but lawmakers who support the ban say it's justified by something called the precautionary principle. Trouble is, people have widely different views of what the precautionary principle is and how it should be applied. NPR's Jon Hamilton has the story.

JON HAMILTON: The term precautionary principle gets tossed around a lot in discussions of toxic ...

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