Explosives and the Environment. A Public Deliberation.
Have a question? Visit the Contact Us page to get in touch with us via email.
Explosives and the Environment. A Public Deliberation.
The state of environment is an important issue for many Canadians and citizens of British Columbia. Our daily activities have an enormous impact on our natural environment which effect our health, and the environment. One of the most pressing concerns today is the need to clean the toxic materials.
Canadian universities and research institutions are actively looking for new technologies to improve the state of the environment through the use of biotechnology. Biotechnology is a very broad field that includes such old techniques as are used in cheese and beer making as well as modern technologies used to produce genetically modified foods and new medicinal drugs. It also includes the use of naturally occurring or modified microbes for specific industrial and environmental processes.
A number of options are available for the protection and clean up of the environment and our health and wellbeing, including the use of new and emerging technologies. One of these options, bioremediation, involves using microbes to clean up and reduce the risks of toxic chemicals in the environment is possible, but it could pose certain risks as well.
To access the following pages (for participants only), please login below.
Explosives and the Environment: A Public Deliberation
is part of a research project at UBC that aims to learn more about the potential for environmental bioremediation of RDX through biotechnology. RDX is a toxic but highly effective explosive commonly used by the Canadian military in combat and training. RDX is also used in civilian operations like construction, avalanche control and mining.
In this project we are investigating how Canadians feel about the potential use of bioremediation for RDX explosives. This consultation will include discussions about the environment, biotechnology, genetic manipulation and military pollution. We need the public’s help and perspective to develop a better understanding of citizens’ values about RDX pollution and the possible use of bioremediation technologies.
The Centre for Applied Ethics at UBC is inviting members of the general public for this consultation process. Five thousand households from across the Greater Vancouver Area will receive the invitation to participate in this consultation. Of these households, twenty five participants will be randomly selected to participate in the actual event. The event is scheduled to take place in downtown Vancouver over the course of two weekends in April 2010.
You are viewing the text version of this site.
To view the full version please install the Adobe Flash Player and ensure your web browser has JavaScript enabled.
Need help? check the requirements page.
