This report in the series illustrates a range of options for congressional action in three major areas of public policy related to this application of biotechnology: the criteria for review of planned introductions for potential risk, the administrative mechanisms for applying such review criteria, and the research base supporting planned introductions.
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This report in the series illustrates a range of options for congressional action in three major areas of public policy related to this application of biotechnology: the criteria for review of planned introductions for potential risk, the administrative mechanisms for applying such review criteria, and the research base supporting planned introductions.
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Office of Technology Assessment
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United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.New Developments in Biotechnology: Field-Testing Engineered Organisms: Genetic and Ecological Issues,
report,
May 1988;
[Washington D.C.].
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39908/:
accessed June 15, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.