The world is failing in efforts to control an international biotechnology trade ranging from genetically modified crops to the building blocks of biological weapons, a UN University study said on Tuesday. The study said a lack of controls was "a potentially contributing factor to the spread of bioterrorism" -- the deliberate release of naturally-occurring or human-modified bacteria, viruses, toxins or other biological agents.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/world-fails-monitor-biotech-trade-un-study
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/un
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biological-weapons
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/norway
