Biosafety First: Holistic Approaches To Risk And Uncertainty In Genetic Enginnering And Genitacally Modified Organisms
The challenges for risk identification, assessment, and management posed by genetic engineering and genetically modified organisms are some of the most demanding issues facing many countries and societies today. The evolving field of biosafety has developed in response to these challenges. Biosafety First is a stimulating collection of the latest thinking concerning biosafety science. It is a unique work with a holistic approach to biosafety, encompassing not only the scientific, but also the socio-economic, cultural, policy, and regulatory spheres. It acknowledges the issues and points to the numerous uncertainties and knowledge gaps that still need to be addressed. Drawing on the new scientific field of ‘gene ecology,’ and advocating a precautionary approach, this book provides a foundation on which countries can start to openly and responsibly appraise these new technologies and their products.
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The challenges for risk identification, assessment, and management posed by genetic engineering and genetically modified organisms are some of the most demanding issues facing many countries and societies today. The evolving field of biosafety has developed in response to these challenges. Biosafety First is a stimulating collection of the latest thinking concerning biosafety science. It is a unique work with a holistic approach to biosafety, encompassing not only the scientific, but also the socio-economic, cultural, policy, and regulatory spheres. It acknowledges the issues and points to the numerous uncertainties and knowledge gaps that still need to be addressed. Drawing on the new scientific field of ‘gene ecology,’ and advocating a precautionary approach, this book provides a foundation on which countries can start to openly and responsibly appraise these new technologies and their products.
Publisher: Tapir Academic Press
Paperback
2007
ISBN: 9788251921138
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