Joel Tickner

Joel Tickner

Joel A. Tickner is Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Work Environment at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, where he is also principal investigator at the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production. He is co-editor of Protecting Public Health and the Environment (Island Press, 1999).

Protecting Public Health and the Environment

Implementing The Precautionary Principle

When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically.