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Safety First -- Active Governance of Genetic Engineering for Environment and Human Health Worldwide

March 2-3, 2001
Minneapolis, Minnesota

This workshop aims to develop practical steps to achieve more effective safety governance of genetic engineering in a global economy. Leaders from industry, public interest groups, academia, government, and the media will craft guidelines for next steps to achieve industry-wide GMO safety programs that are scientifically reliable, socially credible, and incorporate the government and public interest groups in reinforcing industry responsibility and responsiveness.

For more information:

Contact:	Emily E. Pullins, Workshop Coordinator
E-mail:	isees@fw.umn.edu
Telephone:	612-624-7723
Fax:	612-625-8153
Website:	http://www.fw.umn.edu/isees/safetyfirst.html

Organized by: Institute for Social, Economic and Ecological Sustainability (ISEES), University of Minnesota
Sponsor(s):
Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota College of Natural Resources
University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts, Scholarly Events Program
University of Minnesota, Graduate School
Minnesota Sea Grant College Program
Center for Continuing Education,University of Minnesota

03/02/01 - Safety First -- Active Governance of Genetic Engineering for Environment and Human Health Worldwide - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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