Environmental protection: applying the precautionary principle and proactive regulation to biotechnology

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 460-467

  Richmond, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; BIOCONVERSION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; TECHNOLOGY;

APPLIED (CO); ELSEVIER (CO); ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; FUTURE GENERATIONS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOS); PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLES; PUBLIC CONCERNS; QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL); REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES;

CHEMICALS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; ZOOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 47049089527     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2008.05.003     Document Type: Review

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