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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE CONSUMER KARTONIERT (TB)

Biotechnology is a rapidly developing sector of the economy for coun tries throughout the
world. This rapid development has led to heated debate over its risks and benefits. Advocates
of biotechnology point to the potential benefits offered by products that promise to elimi nate
disease  provide for more efficient diagnostic techniques  treatments and drugs  yield
increased food production  and so forth. Others fear that the rapid developments of this
technology have occurred without appropriate consideration having been given to the ethical
ramifications  the potential health risks and long-term envi ronmental impacts  implications
for income distribution  and potential for abuse. Consumers and producers share concern for the
future of biotechnology: the realities and even the perceptions  informed or otherwise. This
book is the outcome of a research project on Biotechnology and the Consumer sponsored by the
Office of Consumer Affairs of Industry Canada. The project was designed to foster informed
public policy on biotechnology and in particular  to contribute to and inform the Canadian
government's development of a Canadian Biotechnology Strategy. The Office funded a group of
authors to prepare a series of analytical papers on a range of consumer and informational
issues related to biotechnology. This project also involved an interim workshop in which the
authors presented their papers  and culmi nated in a symposium on Biotechnology and the
Consumer Interest  held on September 24-25  1997  in Ottawa  Canada.

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