Uncertainties and uncertain risks of emerging biotechnology applications: A social learning workshop for stakeholder communication.

ABSTRACT: Emerging applications of biotechnology such as new genomic techniques may give rise to new uncertainties and uncertain risks. Particularly the increased complexity and limited knowledge of possible risks associated with these new techniques, make it currently impossible to perform an adequate environmental risk assessment. As a result, there is a risk that such techniques don't get beyond experiments demonstrating the proof of principle, stifling their further development and implementation. To break free from this deadlock, we must be able to learn what such uncertainties and uncertain risks entail, and how they should be assessed to ensure safe further development. To shape a responsible learning environment to explore uncertainties and uncertain risks, we have organized five stakeholder

SUBMITTER: Bouchaut B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9552295 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature