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New Book Released on Biosafety
14 September 2007
News from Genok – Center for Biosafety, Norway (new book/new name)
-- New book --
In August we published our book on Biosafety: Biosafety first. Holistic Approaches to Risk and Uncertainty in Genetic Engineering and Genetically Modified Organisms
by Terje Traavik and Lim Li Ching (eds.)
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 as its approach to biosafety is holistic, encompassing not only the scientific, but also the socio-economic, cultural, policy and regulatory spheres. It does not claim to give all the answers, but acknowledges the issues and points to the 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.
CONTENTS
PART ONE
Chapter 1
LIFE ON EARTH
Terje Traavik and Thomas Bohn
Chapter 2
INTRODUCTION TO SOME BASIC FEATURES OF GENETIC INFORMATION: FROM DNA TO PROTEINS
David Quist, Kaare M. Nielsen and Terje Traavik
Chapter 3
THE COMPLEX AND INTERACTIVE PATHWAY FROM
(TRANS)GENES TO PROTEINS
David Quist, Kaare M. Nielsen and Terje Traavik
Chapter 4
GENETIC ENGINEERING OF LIVING CELLS AND ORGANISMS
Terje Traavik, Kaare M. Nielsen and David Quist
Chapter 5
BASICS ON THE FIFTH NUCLEOTIDE IN DNA,
5-METHYLDEOXYCYTIDINE: A REGULATORY GENETIC
SIGNAL
Walter Doerfler
Chapter 6
UNDERSTANDING THE UNCERTAINTIES ARISING FROM TECHNOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS IN COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: THE CASE OF GMOS
Kaare M. Nielsen and Anne Ingeborg Myhr
Chapter 7
GE APPLICATIONS AND GMO RELEASE: THE ETHICAL
CHALLENGES
Anne Ingeborg Myhr and Terje Traavik
PART TWO
Chapter 8
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CELLS AND ORGANISMS:
SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT OR DIFFERENT?
Terje Traavik, Kaare M. Nielsen, and David Quist
Chapter 9
GENETIC ENGINEERING AND OMITTED HEALTH RESEARCH: STILL NO ANSWERS TO AGEING QUESTIONS
Terje Traavik and Jack Heinemann
Chapter 10
BIODIVERSITY, ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
Gábor L. Lövei, Thomas Bøhn and Angelika Hilbeck
Chapter 11
INVASION OF EXOTIC SPECIES: LESSONS FOR GMOS?
Thomas Bohn
Chapter 12
VERTICAL (TRANS)GENE FLOW: IMPLICATIONS FOR CROP DIVERSITYAND WILD RELATIVES
David Quist
Chapter 13
UNINTENDED HORIZONTAL TRANSFER OF RECOMBINANT DNA
Kaare M. Nielsen and Daniele Daffonchio
Chapter 14
POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS OF FOODS DERIVED FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) PLANTS – WHAT ARE THE ISSUES?
Arpad Pusztai and Susan Bardocz
Chapter 15
DNAVACCINES: MECHANISMS ANDASPECTS OF RELEVANCE FOR BIOSAFETY
Anne Ingeborg Myhr and Roy A. Dalmo
Chapter 16
MODELS OF SCIENCE AND POLICY
Silvio Funtowicz and Roger Strand
Chapter 17
THE ROLE OF PRECAUTIONARY MOTIVATED SCIENCE IN ADDRESSING SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTIES RELATED TO GMOS
Anne Ingeborg Myhr
Chapter 18
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND MODERN SCIENCE AS WAYS OF KNOWING AND LIVING NATURE: THE CONTEXTS AND LIMITS OF BIOSAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT
Brian Wynne
Chapter 19
GENETIC ENGINEERING, BIOSAFETY AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
Chapter 20
POTENTIAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND ETHICAL IMPACTS OF GMOS: PROSPECTS FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Elenita C. Daño
Chapter 21
PUTTING FARMERS FIRST IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PRACTICES
Hira Jhamtani
PART THREE
Chapter 22
A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE REGULATION OF GMOS AND GENE TECHNOLOGY
Jan Husby
Chapter 23
DEFINITIONS OF GMO/LMO AND MODERN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Jan Husby
Chapter 24
SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN REGULATIONS
Jan Husby
Chapter 25
THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY: HISTORY, CONTENT AND IMPLEMENTATION FROM A DEVELOPING COUNTRY PERSPECTIVE
Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher
Chapter 26
CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY
Lim Li Lin
Chapter 27
THE WTO AGREEMENTS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE
OBLIGATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIOSAFETY
Chee Yoke Ling and Lim Li Ching
Chapter 28
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SETTING ON BIOSAFETY: AN INTRODUCTION TO SOME OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND FORUMS
Lim Li Ching
Chapter 29
THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE IN GMO REGULATIONS
Anne Ingeborg Myhr
Chapter 30
THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE AND THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY: DEVELOPMENT OF A CONCEPT
Hartmut Meyer
Chapter 31
LIABILITYAND REDRESS FOR DAMAGE ARISING FROM
GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS: LAWAND POLICY OPTIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Gurdial Singh Nijar
Chapter 32
POST-COMMERCIALIZATION TESTING AND MONITORING (OR POST-RELEASE MONITORING) FOR THE EFFECTS OF TRANSGENIC PLANTS
Susan Bardocz and Arpad Pusztai
Chapter 33
MONITORING GMOS RELEASED INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAND THE FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEM
John Fagan
Chapter 34
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN BIOSAFETY ISSUES
Lim Li Ching
Chapter 35
BIOSAFETY FORECAST SERVICE: THE PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH IN PRACTICAL BIOSAFETY
Camilo Rodriguez-Beltran, Billie Moore, Marina Cretenet, Jack A. Heinemann,
Joanna Goven and Paul Roughan
Tapir Academic Press
Pages: 612
ISBN: 9788251921138
Price: NOK 595,- (approx. USD 105) + postage
The book can be purchased by contacting us directly ([email protected] ) or through the publisher’s webshophttp://butikk.tapirforlag.no/?q=en/node/1051
-- New name --
In August the Norwegian Minister of Environment officially opened Genok as Center for Biosafety, Norway (CFB). The establishment of a national center for biosafety signifies the Norwegian authorities’ support of independent research on Biosafety and the effects on health and environment. Genok will within a few months formally change its name to Center for Biosafety, Norway.
Also have a look at www.genok.org for our latest news and publications.
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