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Document ID (ISN)54969
CIS number 90-1939
ISBN(s) 0-7729-6074-7
Year 1989
Convention or series no.
Title Government of Ontario green paper - Biotechnology in Ontario - Growing safely
Bibliographic information Ontario Ministry of Labour, 400 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario M7A 1T7, Canada, Sep. 1989. 52p. Bibl.
Abstract Government of Ontario Green Paper concerning the development of a regulatory policy relating to new advances in biotechnology. Contents: policy objectives; an explanation of the uses of biotechnology and its importance; the benefits and risks of commercial exploitation; the current scale and scope of biotechnology in Canada and Ontario; proposed Canadian regulatory controls; issues of concern to Ontario and possible legal frameworks. Appendices list relevant Canadian statutes covering agriculture, the environment, health and welfare, and control strategies in some other countries.
Descriptors (primary) Canada; biotechnology industry; Ontario
Descriptors (secondary) report; legislation; biological hazards; hazard evaluation
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceCanada
Subject(s) Other industries and occupations
Broad subject area(s) New technologies
Browse category(ies) Biotechnology industry