| 期刊全称 | Biotechnology and the Consumer | | 期刊简称 | A research project s | | 影响因子2023 | Bartha M. Knoppers,Alan D. Mathios | | 视频video | | | 图书封面 |  | | 影响因子 | Biotechnology is a rapidly developing sector of the economy for coun tries throughout the world. This rapid development has led to heated debate over its risks and benefits. Advocates of biotechnology point to the potential benefits offered by products that promise to elimi nate disease, provide for more efficient diagnostic techniques, treatments and drugs, yield increased food production, and so forth. Others fear that the rapid developments of this technology have occurred without appropriate consideration having been given to the ethical ramifications, the potential health risks and long-term envi ronmental impacts, implications for income distribution, and potential for abuse. Consumers and producers share concern for the future of biotechnology: the realities and even the perceptions, informed or otherwise. This book is the outcome of a research project on Biotechnology and the Consumer sponsored by the Office of Consumer Affairs of Industry Canada. The project was designed to foster informed public policy on biotechnology and in particular, to contribute to and inform the Canadian government‘s development of a Canadian Biotechnology Strategy. The Office funded a group of | | Pindex | Book 1998 |
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