This report identifies knowledge gaps relating to new plant breeding techniques. Current biosafety regulations are a good base, but insufficient in themselves, to address uncertainties, so further research before commercialisation is recommended. […]
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A scientific review of ‘New Plant Breeding Techniques’ recommends that they be subject to a biosafety risk assessment framework developed according to their specific characteristics. […] Genome editing is an advanced GE technology that carries new characteristics and risks which current regulations on GMOs may not cover. A paper on this issue calls for scientific caution and appropriate regulations to govern the technology. […] Engineered “gene drives” have the potential to alter the genetic composition of wild populations. Scientists have called for the potentially serious risks and regulatory gaps to be addressed before it is applied in the field. […] New GE crops using an emerging technology called RNA interference (RNAi) are set to enter the food and feed supply chain. Scientists are questioning the serious lack of safety testing for this technology. […] This global civil society declaration outlines principles that must be adopted to protect public health and the environment from the risks posed by synthetic biology, and to address the field’s economic, social and ethical challenges. […] As lab-made life was announced, the ETC Group calls for Global Moratorium on Synthetic Biology due to ethical concerns and the implications of the largely unknown field. […] The World Health Assembly has decided to ban genetic engineering experiments on the smallpox virus but postponed a decision on the destruction of the virus until 2010 […] A coalition of civil societies and labour organisations rejects the voluntary ‘risk assessment’ framework on nanotechnology proposed by Dupont and Environment Defense. […] The report warns that the social, environmental and bio-weapons threats of synthetic biology could surpass the possible dangers and abuses of biotech. […] |
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