Biopollution and Biosafety

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  • Vandana Shiva
چکیده

Biosafety refers to environmental safety in the context of genetic engineering. Genetic engineering risk a new form of pollution or ‘contamination’, called genetic pollution or biopollution. In certain cases, biopollution can have major health and environmental impacts and create biohazards – dangers threatening biodiversity at the genetic, species or ecosystem level. The introduction of new species into ecosystems is one form of biohazard – invasive species dominate ecosystems and displace native biodiversity. The introduction of exotic genes into organisms is another form of biohazard, since its ecological impacts are unpredictable.

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تاریخ انتشار 2012