Precautionary Tools for Reshaping Environmental Policy
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1 Centro de Astrobiologı́a (INTA-CSIC), Ctra. Torrejón Ajalvir, Km 4. Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain; 2 Centro Nacional de Biotecnologı́a (CSIC), Darwin 3, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain; 3 Bioalma, Ronda de Poniente 4, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain and 4 Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, Calle Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, Madrid, Spain * Corresponding author. Centro Nacional de Biotecnologı́a (CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain. Tel.: þ 34 91 585 4536; Fax: þ 34 91 585 4506. E-mail: [email protected]
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