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Town of Lyndhurst, NJ Adopts the Precautionary Principle
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 | Author: coolerchoice

By Peter Montague of Rachel’s Democracy & Health News

LyndhurstThe town of Lyndhurst, N.J. yesterday adopted a precautionary principle ordinance to guide municipal policy.

 

Lyndhurst is only the second municipality in the U.S. to adopt the precautionary principle as an overarching guide to municipal policy, and the first on the East Coast to do so. The City and County of San Francisco (Calif.) adopted the precautionary principle in June, 2002.

Ordinance #2674 was introduced Oct. 14, unanimously approved Oct. 21 after a “first reading” and finalized Nov. 11 by a unanimous vote of the township Commission. The official …

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