Potential biohazards of recombinant DNA molecules.

By P. Berg. 1974

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Systemic risks of genetically modified crops: the need for new approaches to risk assessment (2011, background): “While the conference concluded that mechanisms of self-control and voluntary guidelines should be the basis for the development of the technology, calls for a stricter and legally binding governmental oversight were launched during the emerging public debate in cities as Cambridge, Massachusetts, ha”
Human Natures, Nature Conservation, and Environmental Ethics (2002, background): “That itself is a sign of recent rapid evolution of the ethics of scientific responsibility, a spurt triggered by the concern of physicists working on the atomic bomb during World War II and perpetuated by leading molecular biologists (Berg et al. 1974).”
Effects of genetically modified plants on microbial communities and processes in soil (2003, background): “Ever since Cohen and Boyer opened the age of genetic modification in the 1970s (Cohen et al. 1973), the idea of using genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has been met with both great expectations and apprehensions (Berg et al. 1974).”