Normative and Conceptual Issues in the Regulation of Biotechnology in the Nation's Bays and Estuaries

美国海湾和河口生物技术监管的规范和概念问题

• 批准号: 8619104
• 负责人: Mark Sagoff
• 金额: $ 6.17万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-09-01 至 1990-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8619104&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Normative; Conceptual; Issues; Regulation; Biotechnology

This project will identify and analyze ethical and conceptual issues involved in the regulation of recombinant DNA organisms in aquatic systems. Statues governing aquatic ecosystems reflect aesthetic, cultural, and moral values, which provide a context for analyzing public concerns for the natural environment. In this project, the principal investigator will examine concepts of pollution, water quality, and biological integrity, which are central to the regulatory framework, in relation to the sorts of changes that recombinant DNA organisms may cause to occur in marine environments. The ways in which such changes are described and classified, and the choice of environmental and ecological indices with which to assess risks or harms, will be crucial to how recombinant DNA organisms are regulated. The project involves philosophical analysis of the relevant scientific, regulatory, and philosophical literatures and on-going, on-site interaction with marine and estuarine scientists at several University of Maryland laboratories and centers. In addition, the principal investigator will participate in a working group of biologists, ecologists, social scientists, regulators and scholars. Group members will prepare and critique each others' papers on scientific, regulatory, and ethical issues associated with application of recombinant DNA organisms in aquatic environments. Products will include a book containing the papers by the interdisciplinary working group and a series of essays by the principal investigator, for publication in scholarly and professional journals. This project will make a valuable contribution to the understanding of scientists and the public and its officials about ethical and value issues associated with environmental applications of recombinant DNA organisms, particularly in marine and estuarine environments. Because of their track record and resources, the principal investigator and institutional environment are uniquely suited for this project; the working group members provide the right mix of expertise and affiliations to complement the skills available from the institutional sponsor. The research design is appropriate; costs are reasonable; and results are likely to be useful and widely distributed. Total support in the amount of $61,668 is recommended.

该项目将识别和分析水生系统中重组DNA生物的调节所涉及的道德和概念问题。 管理水生生态系统的雕像反映了美学，文化和道德价值，这为分析公众对自然环境的关注提供了背景。 在该项目中，主要研究者将研究对监管框架至关重要的污染，水质和生物完整性的概念，这些概念与重组DNA生物可能导致海洋环境中发生的各种变化有关。 描述和分类的这种变化的方式以及评估风险或危害的环境和生态指标的选择对于重组DNA生物的调节方式至关重要。 该项目涉及对马里兰州几个实验室和中心的海洋和海洋和河口科学家的相关科学，监管和哲学文献以及与海洋和河口科学家进行的现场互动的哲学分析。 此外，首席研究人员将参加由生物学家，生态学家，社会科学家，监管机构和学者组成的工作组。 小组成员将就与在水生环境中应用重组DNA生物相关的科学，法规和道德问题进行准备和批评。 产品将包括一本书，其中包含跨学科工作组的论文，以及首席研究员的一系列论文，以在学术和专业期刊上出版。 该项目将对科学家及其官员对与重组DNA生物的环境应用相关的道德和价值问题的理解做出宝贵的贡献，尤其是在海洋和河口环境中。 由于他们的往绩和资源，主要调查员和机构环境非常适合该项目。工作组成员提供了正确的专业知识和隶属关系的组合，以补充机构赞助商的可用技能。 研究设计是合适的；费用是合理的；结果可能有用并广泛分布。 建议提供61,668美元的总支持。