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Opportunities for Environmental Applications of Marine Biotechnology Proceedings of the October 5-6, 1999, Workshop (2000) / Chapter Skim
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Economic and Regulatory Aspects of Marine Biotechnology
Pages 14-17

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... I hope that together we can identify areas where governmental intervention would be valuable. With regard to regulatory aspects, the book titled Genetically Engineered Marine Organisms: Environmental and Economic Risks and Benefits (Zilinskas and Balint 1998)
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... Clearly, basic research in marine biology and ecology has not yet generated the fundamental data needed to undertake a risk assessment of a proposed introduction of a genetically engineered organism into the marine environment. Because an adequate risk assessment cannot currently be performed, no release of a genetically engineered organism into the marine environment for any purpose is permissible in the US.
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... I hope that in this short presentation I have made clear that as we consider the types of biotechnological research pertaining to the marine environment that federal agencies ought to support, we also give some thought not only to possible applications of such research, but also to the regulatory barriers that might prevent applications from being realized. Why would an industry develop findings from basic research if it perceived that it would face great difficulty or uncertainty when actually trying to apply products or procedures?
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... 1998 Risk assessment for uncontained applications of genetically engineered organisms. In: Zilinskas RA, Balint PJ, eds.
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