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Mepham: Bioethics 2e
Part 5: Bioethics in practice
Chapter 13: Risk, precaution and trust
Royal Society of Canada
www.rsc.ca
See: Elements of Precaution: recommendations for the regulation of food biotechnology in Canada (2001)
EUROPA - European Commission - Environment - Communication on the Precautionary Principle (2000)
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/docum/20001_en.htm
The BSE Inquiry: The Report (2000)
www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/report/
The official Government report on the BSE outbreak. Contains much that is of general relevance to the issue of biorisks.
Chapter 14: Politics and the biosciences
Guide to the Organization of Science and Technology in the UK (GOST)
www.britishcouncil.org/science/gost/index.htm
This is a useful website, although at the time of writing it was out of date with respect to changes in the administration of UK science funding.
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_offices/post.cfm
Regularly produces concise, readable reports.
The Ethical Consumer
http://ethicalconsumer.org
The online version of the bimonthly Ethical Consumer magazine. Reviews social and environmental impacts of products and the ethical records of companies making them.
Chapter 15: Bioethics in the laboratory
On-Line Sources for Research Ethics
www.unmc.edu/ethics/links.html
A portal for several sites on research ethics (mainly in the USA).
World Medical Association - Declaration of Helsinki
www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm
Which governs research involving human subjects.
Royal Society Report - Nanoscience and nanotechnologies: opportunities and uncertainties
www.nanotec.org.uk/finalReport.htm