So, basically, the Precautionary Principle [1]<p>&quot;The precautionary principle or precautionary approach to risk management states that if an action or policy has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of scientific consensus that the action or policy is not harmful, the burden of proof that it is not harmful falls on those taking an action.&quot;<p>Perfectly sound, perfectly logical, and the basis of (much the same as you) the argument I present when I find people who either don&#x27;t understand, or disagree with (a subset of not understanding?) the science.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Precautionary_principle" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Precautionary_principle</a>