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Plan to merge labs for biofuel research criticized
From the San Francisco Chronicle By David Perlman Thursday, March 29, 2012 — A plan by Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory to merge its energy labs into a major new research facility in Richmond where scientists would work to develop biofuels through genetic engineering came under fire Wednesday by activists who fear that dangerous new microbes would be created […]
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Critics raise safety concerns with biotech labs at Berkeley forum
By Robert Rogers For the Contra Costa Times No one disputes that the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory campus that’s coming to Richmond will generate jobs and tax revenues. But concerns persist about the work that will be done there, especially in synthetic biology, and the risks posed to the surrounding community. That was among the topics […]
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Synbio Labs in California (Map)
View Synbio labs in California in a larger map
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Report: Worker Safety in Biological Laboratories
Council for Responsible Genetics Report on Worker Safety in Biological Laboratories (published Sept. 2010) [ DOWNLOAD PDF REPORT HERE ]
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Bay Area Biotech Labs May Bring Unforeseen Risks, Says Civil Society Coalition
Community Groups Raise Concerns Over Untold Story of ‘Green’ Development March 28, 2012 — Synbiowatch, a newly formed coalition of labor, environmental, and bioscience watchdog groups, has come together to host a public forum on March 29 called Unmasking the Bay Area Bio Lab and Synthetic Biology: Health, Justice, and Communities at Risk, at the David […]
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Video: Biolab Health & Safety, from Council for Responsible Genetics
Current regulatory framework governing laboratory safety largely excludes new biological materials, genetically engineered viruses, nanomaterials and other biological materials.
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Op-ed: Bay Area may be at risk from synthetic biology research labs
From the San Jose Mercury-News By Emily Smith Beitiks Special to the Mercury News Posted: 03/27/2012 01:01:26 PM PDT Updated: 03/27/2012 02:39:14 PM PDT Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory recently announced a proposal to build a facility in Richmond at which synthetic biology research will be a major focus. This news should give us […]
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Bay Area Biotech Boom: A Public Disaster in the Private Interest?
A Climate Connections Special Report In advance of the upcoming public forum, Unmasking the Bay Area Bio-Labs and Synthetic Biology: Health, Justice, and Communities at Risk, to be held on March 29 in Berkeley, Climate Connections and Global Justice Ecology Project bring you this extended, in-depth look at the industry-government ties, the risks to community health and ecology, […]
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Synthetic Biology in four minutes and change: Eric Hoffman of Friends of the Earth on Youtube
“Glow in the dark animals! We’re making pigs and rats and cats glow these days…But that’s the realm of normal, everyday, old-school genetic engineering. Now my friends, we’re headed into a new frontier, a more complicated frontier, possibly, a more dangerous frontier.” In this four-minute segment of the Sci Show, the host explains synthetic biology […]
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Amyris adds a royal to its board of directors
This just in, from Richard Brenneman’s Eats Shoots ‘n Leaves, posted on 2012 March 22: Yep, the troubled UC Berkeley-spawned genetic engineering products company bankrolled by Bill Gates has added a princeling and former Prime Minister of Qatar toits board. A brief bio of the newest member of the Emeryville company’s board from Wikipedia: Sheikh Abdullah […]