Green Biotech is a
collection of
technologies using plant
organisms and plant
cells for the production
or tranformation of food,
biomaterials and energy.
It covers...
Before being released in
the environment for
marketing or research
purposes any GMO must be
approved by competent
athorities. This
facilitates the listing
of the field released GM
plants and of the GM
food and feed on the
market.
Although
biotechnology on its own
hasn't the capacity to
meet the major
challenges of the new
Millenium,
it is a powerful toolbox
providing innovative
solutions to a wide
range of human and
environmental issues.
Although you
probably think you
know the answer,
scientists and
regulatory
authorities have
spent much
time and efforts to
make the concept
clear and workable
by expert agencies,
like the EFSA in Europe.‘Risk’ has
been defined as a
function of the
probability of an
adverse effect and
of its severity.
To make it clear :
adverse effects on
health or the
environment result
from ‘hazards’,
which are
potentially harmful
agents (biological,
physical or chemical).
But whether and to
what extent these
hazards
will actually cause
harm must be
approached on
probabilistic terms
: the exposure to
the hazard and the
severity of the
effect will finally
determine the risk.
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