Novel Crops and Other Transgenics: How Green Are They?
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Agricultural and environmental applications of modern biotechnology have spurred considerable controversy about their environmental risks and potential to alter the environmental impacts of other technologies and practices, such as pesticide use. The range of biotechnology products under development is expanding rapidly, and thus the potential for controversy over the environmental effects of biotechnology products is also increasing. The purpose of this paper is to examine environmental issues associated with novel genetically engineered organisms being developed for agricultural, pharmaceutical, and environmental applications. First, I will consider the purposes of these novel biotechnology products and whether environmentalists view these products as environmentally beneficial. Second, I will consider the environmental risks of these novel biotechnology products. Third, I will examine one novel regulatory approach to managing environmental impacts of one category of biotechnology products. REBECCA GOLDBURG Environmental Defense Fund New York, N.Y. Novel Crops and Other Transgenics: How Green Are They?
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