The following are Briefing Papers prepared for the Massachusetts Precautionary Principle Project — an alliance between the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, the Clean Water Fund New England, and the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition — dedicated to defining and implementing the precautionary principle in Massachusetts environmental and health policy. Click on a title below to access a paper.

Environmental Health & the Precautionary Principle
Devra Davis, Ph.D.
Edited Keynote Talk, Massachusetts Precautionary Principle Project, Kickoff Meeting
May 15, 1999, Framingham State College, Framingham, Massachusetts

Facing Our Toxic Ignorance
Tom Estabrook, Ph.D. and Joel Tickner, Sc.D.
Massachusetts Precautionary Principle Project
Fall 2000

Pollution is Personal
Amy J. Pett and Lee Ketelsen
Massachusetts Precautionary Principle Project
Fall 1999, Lowell, Massachusetts

Racing Towards the Starting Line: The Radical Nature of Precaution
Mary H. O'Brien, Ph.D.
Presented at "At the Heart of Primary Prevention: Breast Cancer and the Precautionary Principle."
23 October 1999, Boston, Massachusetts

Putting Precaution into Practice: Implementing the Precautionary Principle
Joel Tickner, Sc.D.
Excerpted from "A Map Toward Precautionary Decision-Making" in Raffensperger & Tickner, eds., Protecting Public Health and the Environment: Implementing the Precautionary Principle. 1999, Washington, D.C., Island Press