title: [Application criteria of the precautionary principle].
abstract: The precautionary principle, according to the European Commission (February 2, 2000) must be applied when there is a possibility of a danger to humans, animals and/or environment health, i.e. when the potential harmful effects have been identified by a scientific and objective evaluation, but this evaluation does not allow the risk to be determined with sufficient certainty. However this principle has been invoked, without the identification, even partial, of harmful effects, to justify preventive and protective measures deemed necessary by policy maker mainly due to a high (but unjustified) risk perception by the population. We analyze the examples of the limits imposed by Italian legislation for the protection from EMF, and measures of "prudent avoidance" in the use of mobile phones.
authors: CNR Via dei Taurini 19, 00185 Roma, Italy.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Moccaldi
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D040421:Cell Phone; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000517:prevention & control*