Det er derfor vigtigt, at forsigtighedsprincippet stadig citeres som grundlæggende princip, og dette til trods for, at det begreb hos mange af mine kolleger og samarbejdspartnere lyder fladt og tomt, da brugen af det ikke altid har betydet, at det er blevet fulgt.
For that reason it is vital that the precautionary principle is still cited as a basic tenet; this, despite the fact that, to the ears of many of my colleagues and associates, that phrase sounds flat and empty, as the use of the phrase ‘the precautionary principle’ has not always meant that the principle has been followed.