COMPONENTS OF THE PRINCIPLE
A. Taking precautionary action before scientific certainty of cause and effect.
B. Setting goals. (E.g. establishing the kind of agriculture and seed breeding we want.)
C. Seeking out and evaluating alternatives to harmful practices.
D. Shifting burdens of proof.
i. Financial responsibility.
ii. The duty to monitor, understand, investigate, inform, and act.
E. Developing more democratic and thorough decision making criteria and methods.