Dilemma Of The Precautionary Principle In Environmental Law

When DDT was found its insecticidal function, because of its low cost and effect is regarded as medicine for malaria control, and was widely used. Later, some scientists have been discovered its existence environmental risks. In the eyes of these scientists DDT may led to environmental crisis, many countries and regions prohibit the use of it. DDT have been banned for decades. On the one hand, malaria because of the lack of effective means of control again broke out, many people have died; On the other hand, the scientific research shows that exaggerated the dangers of DDT’s environment before, which led to discussion about whether we should cancel the ban on DDT.Encounter from DDT in the international community of twists and turns, although DDT to be once again on the international stage, to give a positive evaluation, it appears again in the international arena more on health and environmental contradiction weigh made quite upset.Encounter of DDT similar to the precautionary principle in environmental law appears also experienced a lot of wind and rain, the same is also developing dilemma. The precautionary principle in environmental law first appeared in Germany in the 1990s to attract many international environmental law File as a basic principle, and the mainstream view is that it has become a basic principle of international environmental law, the precautionary principle appear in response to the environmental crisis provides a good model to a proactive stance to mitigate the environmental crisis, stressing would rather make mistakes in the cautious do not cry in front of the serious environmental problems. But the principle is always the event of a dispute and its accompanying accusations and criticism of this principle is not stopped, the attitude of the international community for this principle has always been difficult to form a conclusion. For example, the general view is that the risks of nuclear energy is too high, if the establishment of a nuclear power plant in the event of crisis will bring disaster is difficult to estimate, so people abandon nuclear power continue to apply traditional energy to the surrounding residents, but a large number of traditional energy use result significant emissions of greenhouse gases and other harmful substances, thus triggering the environmental crisis with respect to the risks of nuclear power plant compared to only heavy not light, in the face of this dilemma, people had to risk the precautionary principle in environmental law for reflection.Experiences and the development of the precautionary principle in the international community for DDT simple combing both have great relevance in some respects, both are used to deal with the environmental crisis, the international community’s concern have a high degree of twists and turns in their development.The first part of the article is an overview of the precautionary principle in environmental law, and a brief introduction to the history of the precautionary principle and its development; second part of the analysis is the controversy of the precautionary principle in environmental law in the theory and practice; third part is the encounter of DDT in the international community, of the precautionary principle, there are many controversial environmental law,fourth part of the first environmental law in the risk of a simple combing the precautionary principle in the status of China, after analysis of the precautionary principle in our country in the application of the shortcomings, and finally discusses the precautionary principle in China’s future development direction.