Document ID (ISN) | 64747 |
CIS number |
95-1379 |
Year |
1991 |
Convention or series no. |
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Title |
Occupational Safety and Health Symposium on Biotechnology |
Original title |
Symposium sur la santé et la sécurité au travail en biotechnologie [in French] |
Bibliographic information |
Technical Services Division, Occupational Safety and Health Branch, Labour Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0J2, Canada, 1992. viii, 174p. Bibl.ref. |
Abstract |
Proceedings of an occupational safety and health symposium on biotechnology held in Montreal, Canada, 21-22 March 1991. Topics covered: biotechnology developments in Canada and activities in the industrial and manufacturing sectors, waste management during mineral leaching and agriculture; regulatory approaches in Canada, the USA and Europe; workplace issues (hazard identification, assessment of risk and development of criteria; exposure assessment and control options; biosafety committees); ethics. |
Descriptors (primary) |
Canada; biotechnology industry; safety and health engineering; genetic engineering |
Descriptors (secondary) |
disposal of harmful waste; USA; Europe; legal aspects; microorganisms; ethics; exposure evaluation; agriculture; conference; social aspects; hazard evaluation |
Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
Country / State or Province | Canada |
Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
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Broad subject area(s) |
New technologies
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Browse category(ies) |
Biotechnology industry
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