Implications of the Precautionary Principle for Environmental Regulation in the United States: Examples from the Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants in the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments

Authors

Bernard D. Goldstein
Russellyn S. Carruth

Abstract

Goldstein and Carruth argue that the hazardous air pollutant provisions of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments provide an example of the Precautionary Principle incorporated into US environmental legislation. Evaluating the outcome thus far leads them to the conclusion that utilizing the Precautionary Principle as a basis for legislation can be problematic to public-health goals.

Citation

Bernard D. Goldstein & Russellyn S. Carruth, Implications of the Precautionary Principle for Environmental Regulation in the United States: Examples from the Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants in the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, 66 Law and Contemporary Problems 247-262 (Fall 2003)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol66/iss4/8