Concerns for Public Health and Safety and Social Implications of Synthetic Biology

See link below for video testimonies:

http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/bioethics/100708/globe_show/default_go_archive.cfm?gsid=1380&type=flv&test=0&live=0

Video Purposely Ignores Public Health and Safety Issues in Synthetic Biology

Here is a rather propagandized video which is written to advocate for synthetic biology while leaving out many critical issues.  The most blatant omission is the public health and safety issues surrounding synthetic biology.  The world of biology doesn’t behave like a sky scraper like these engineers believe.  But rather, biology is dynamic with some predictable and many unpredictable ramifications of life including, growth, competition, reproduction, cancer and aposptosis.  The potential of increase human disease or environmental havoc that this advanced technology can cause is significant  Synthetic biology is also being used for germ warfare.

OSHA LACKS PROTECTION FOR WHISTLEBLOWERS

 

Protection Lags for Workers Who Report Hazards on the Job

By Myron Levin posted on June 23, 2010

http://www.fairwarning.org/2010/06/protection-lags-for-workers-who-report-hazards-on-the-job/