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- | Ethical issues are important in the new field of synthetic biology. In literature the four issues of Bhutkar are often used. These four issues, [[Team:Groningen/HumanPractice/Ethics#safety|safety]], [[Team:Groningen/HumanPractice/Ethics#security|security]], [[Team:Groningen/HumanPractice/Ethics#PlayingGod| Playing God issue]] and [[Team:Groningen/HumanPractice/Ethics#intellectual property| intellectual property]] are also used as guideline in this project.
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- | In order to gain more knowledge about the opinion of the Dutch people we gave out a [[Team:Groningen/HumanPractice/Survey|survey]]. This survey was put on our website and handed out to friends and family, a convenience sampling. We did try to reach a mixed public.
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- | From our survey it appeared that most people do not mind that bacteria are modified for research nor for our project. Some concerns to exist, mostly safety risks, 40%, but also security risks, 30%. Women are more thoughtful about using genetically modified organisms (GMO’s) than do men, also younger and less educated people tend to be more concerned about the security issues.
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- | Overall most people do approve the usage of modified bacteria for our project, however they expect the researcher and developers to consider the safety risks very carefully.
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- | [[Team:Groningen/HumanPractice/Ethics|Ethical issues surrounding our project]] also concern the Dutch. Most people find the risk of bacteria ending up in the natural environment and maybe transferring genes to other bacteria or other unwanted side-effects, the most prominent ethical risks of our project. Also the concentrated amounts of heavy metal in side the bacteria concerns the public. Adding a death gene to the bacteria makes it more controllable and careful removal of the bacteria decreases the risks of the concentrated amounts of heavy metals.
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- | From our survey we found that our project is morally correct, however, safety issues should be considered carefully.
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- | Read more about the ethical issues of synthetic biology and our project and the results of our survey [[Team:Groningen/HumanPractice/Ethics|here]].
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Revision as of 07:42, 20 October 2009
We are working on an environment related project aiming at reducing the amount of metal contamination of fresh water/rivers. In light of this link we want to adress the ethical questions generally raised around scientific research in general.
- → TODO Need for formulation of relavant questions concerning our project
- → TODO Get the answers!!
Links
Homepage of Bioethics Journal via the Wiley Knowledge for Generations website.
- → Artikel1
- → Artikel2, gaat meer over security en kan daar goed van pas komen.