Submission to the Senate Inquiry on Environmental Biosecurity
Friends of the Earth have made a submission to the Senate Inquiry on Environmental Biosecurity regarding the potential environmental biosecurity risks posed by synthetic biology as we believe that our current regulatory regimes are inadequate to deal with them.Nanotechnology regulation in Australia
This factsheet outlines the agencies responsible for regulating nanotechnology in Australia and the extent of regulation.APVMA fails to address risks of nanomaterial use in agriculture
As the Australian Pest and Veterinary Medicine Authority (APVMA) attempts to grapple with the issue of nanomaterials in agricultural chemicals, Friends of the Earth have warned that unregulated nanomaterials are already being used in agriculture in Australia – posing...Australian government should support synbio moratorium at COP12
As global governments meet to discuss synthetic biology (synbio) at the Convention on Biological Diversity meeting (COP12) in South Korea, Friends of the Earth is calling for a moratorium on the commercial release of synthetically modified organisms (SMOs) until a...Crazytech
Stupid technologies we don't need.....
And that could destroy life on Earth.
And that could destroy life on Earth.