To fully understand the complexities and the controversies around the application of the precautionary principle, the RECIPES project conducted nine case studies.

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As an emerging technology and an important group within the so-called advanced materials, nanotechnologies

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Microplastics are small pieces of plastics, usually defined as smaller than 5 millimeters. They enter the environment via two routes.

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Artificial Intelligence is often characterized as a transformational technology for the twenty-first century.

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In Europe, hundreds of different pesticides are allowed in farming to control fungi (fungicides), weeds (herbicides) and plague insects

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Genetically modified organisms (GMO) are the product of advanced biotechnology and are non-naturally occurring plants, animals and microor

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Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are at the centre stage of a scientific and regulatory controversy.  Chemicals shown to have endocri

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The case study on "Financial risks in water infrastructure planning" aims to understand the complexities and controversies around the appl

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Synthetic gene drives based on the CRISPR-cas9 genetic engineering method could be used to spread artificially modified genes through wild populations fast

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Glyphosate is one of the world’s most widely used herbicides, used in European agriculture to control weeds in a wide range of crops.

The precautionary principle is supposed to enable decision-makers to adopt precautionary measures even if scientific uncertainties about environmental and health risks remain.

How can we ensure that innovative products and solutions are fostered and encouraged when their impacts on human health and the environment are not fully known?