About Precaution

Portland OR Toxics Reduction Strategy

Multnomah County and the City of Portland Council in Oregon approved a Joint Resolution in 2004 to develop a Toxics Reduction Strategy based on the precautionary principle. The strategy supports the elimination of toxic pollutants in the region by using alternatives that present the least potential threat to human health and the city’s natural systems.
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Portland Report on Precaution

The Sustainable Development Commission of Portland and Multnomah County, and the Oregon Center for Environmental Health, issued a 2004 model report titled, Precautionary Approaches for Health & the Environment: Making the Case for a Toxics Reduction Strategy.
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