To prevent harm to the environment and human health.

To promote economic growth.

To protect national security.

To ensure social justice.

Risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication.

Cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment, and risk management.

Risk assessment, risk communication, and public participation.

Cost-benefit analysis, risk communication, and public participation.

It is a reason to take action to prevent harm.

It is a reason to delay action until more information is available.

It is a reason to ignore the potential risks of an activity.

It is a reason to take action to promote economic growth.

It is a tool for determining whether the benefits of an activity outweigh the risks.

It is a tool for determining whether the costs of an activity outweigh the benefits.

It is a tool for determining whether the risks of an activity are acceptable.

It is a tool for determining whether the benefits of an activity are acceptable.

It is a way to ensure that the public is informed about the risks and benefits of an activity.

It is a way to ensure that the public has a say in the decision-making process.

It is a way to ensure that the public is compensated for any harm that they suffer as a result of an activity.

It is a way to ensure that the public is protected from the risks of an activity.

The use of genetically modified organisms.

The use of pesticides.

The construction of dams.

The disposal of hazardous waste.

It is too vague and subjective.

It is too costly.

It stifles innovation.

It is undemocratic.

By developing more specific guidelines for its implementation.

By increasing public awareness of the principle.

By promoting international cooperation on the principle.

All of the above.

It will become more widely accepted and implemented.

It will be weakened or abandoned.

It will remain a controversial issue.

It is impossible to predict.

Scientific uncertainty.

Cost-benefit analysis.

Public participation.

All of the above.

By using a risk assessment approach.

By using a cost-benefit analysis approach.

By using a public participation approach.

All of the above.

The precautionary principle is a necessary condition for sustainable development.

Sustainable development is a necessary condition for the precautionary principle.

The precautionary principle and sustainable development are independent of each other.

The precautionary principle and sustainable development are incompatible with each other.

It is a binding principle of international law.

It is a non-binding principle of international law.

It is not a principle of international law.

It is unclear whether it is a principle of international law.

The debate over the role of scientific uncertainty.

The debate over the role of cost-benefit analysis.

The debate over the role of public participation.

All of the above.

It helps to prevent harm to the environment and human health.

It promotes economic growth.

It protects national security.

It ensures social justice.