Policy Comments

Synthetic Biology Policy Comments

Comments to the EPA workshop on regulation of synbio algae
September 30, 2015

…We are happy that EPA is revising its regulations for the oversight of synbio organisms. In 2010, we called for the agencies of the US government to quit pretending that the coordinated framework was adequate for regulating synthetic biology and issued with some 120 other groups, the Principles for the Oversight of Synthetic Biology. These comments support the Principles before recommending improvements to TSCA for synbio organisms…