| Document ID (ISN) | 63714 |
| CIS number |
95-208 |
| Year |
1993 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Technischer Überwachungs-Verein Bayern Sachsen e.v. Umwelt und Entwicklung |
| Title |
Safety and health framework for emergency plans in genetic engineering plants |
| Original title |
Sicherheitstechnische Rahmenbedingungen für Notfallpläne bei gentechnischen Anlagen [in German] |
| Bibliographic information |
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Landesentwicklung und Umweltfragen, Rosenkavalierplatz 2, 81925 München, Germany, June 1993. iii, 235p. Illus. Bibl.ref. |
| Abstract |
The facts that need to be taken into account in making emergency plans for genetic engineering plants include: the location of the plant, the number of employees, the type of organisms used, the equipment and buildings, the internal and external hazards such as equipment failure, fire, explosion, human failure, natural disasters that could cause the release of harmful genetically-engineered organisms into the environment, the dispersion of the released organisms in soil, water and the atmosphere and the consequences. Two fictive cases, an explosion in the immediate vicinity of a genetic engineering plant and the explosion of a fermentor inside a genetic engineering plant are used to illustrate measures needed for protection from, or containment of, inadvertent releases. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
laboratories; genetic engineering; emergency organization; safety by design; biotechnology industry; research establishments; pharmaceutical industry |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
distribution of air pollutants; case study; microorganisms; pathogenic bacteria; protection against inadvertent release; safety analysis; plant safety and health organization; major hazards; pollution control; containment of spills; microbial pollution; water pollution; description of technique; neighbourhood protection |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | Germany |
| Subject(s) |
Other industries and occupations
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
New technologies
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| Browse category(ies) |
Pharmaceutical industry
Biotechnology industry
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