Biotechnology Regulation: De/Politicizing Uncertainty

1999 ◽  
pp. 153-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Les Levidow ◽  
Susan Carr
Keyword(s):  
Biotechnology Regulation

How Biotechnology Regulation Separates Ethics from Risk

1997 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Carr ◽  
Les Levidow
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Biotechnology ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Expert Assessment ◽  
Response Regulators ◽  
The Public ◽  
Value Judgements ◽  
Biotechnology Regulation

In the public debate about agricultural biotechnology, an important source of dispute has been the industry's stated aim of further industrializing agriculture. Critics and proponents have argued their case using the language of risk, which entails an implicit ethics, in response, regulators have tended to separate ‘risk ’ from ‘ethics ’, and assign judgements about each to specialists. This administrative separation encourages public deference to expert assessment. By treating implicit value judgements as merely technical matters, such regulation serves to legitimize the biotechnology R&D priorities and marginalize any broader public debate. Thus the official scope of ‘bioethics ’ is itself political.

Agricultural Biotechnology Regulation and Litigation

2016 ◽  
pp. 267-273
Author(s):  
Thomas P. Redick ◽  
Theodore A. Feitshans ◽  
Megan R. Galey
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Biotechnology ◽  
Biotechnology Regulation

A missed opportunity for U.S. biotechnology regulation

Science ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 353 (6305) ◽  
pp. 1211-1213 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Kuzma
Keyword(s):  
Biotechnology Regulation ◽  
Missed Opportunity
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