Biotechnology and environmental quality

摘要: Many factors influence environmental quality and contribute to change, not least of which are science technology. Biotechnology, involving the harnessing living organisms or components organisms, is a case in point. Although it has been use for many thousands years limited context, e.g., fermenting brewing, developments biotechnology have occurred last 20 beginning substantial impact on environment. At present this concerns manipulation nontransgenic but near future will increasingly be related transgenic produced via genetic engineering. This article examines these impacts, both real potential, emanating from such diverse activities as agriculture, resource recovery, pollution abatement production renewable energy resources. The nearly all applications involves their influences fundamental processes of...