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BIOSAFETY
1. Would the materials used in your project and/or your final product pose:
- a. Risks to the safety and health of team members or others in the lab?
- The only risks are those usually associated with any other molecular biology lab. The potentially dangerous materials, i.e. ethidium bromide and UV radiations, are used only in the authorized areas of the lab with the necessary precautions (lab coat, lab glasses, gloves), according to the procedures approved by the Internal Safety Board. These spaces are attended only by authorized personnel, under the supervision of expert people.
- b. Risks to the safety and health of the general public if released by design or accident?
- No, all the DNA parts used as well as the final product are all intrinsically safe. They do not represent any danger, nor does their transcripts or compounds they produce in vivo. The only risks are those normally involved in E. coli manipulation.
- c. Risks to environmental quality if released by design or accident?
- None of the parts used poses any additional risks to the common ones demanded by E. coli use to environmental quality if released intentionally or not.
- d. Risks to security through malicious misuse by individuals, groups or states?
- The project does not involve design or production of potentially dangerous parts, not even in case of misuse by anyone with sinister intents, since our project does not require production of any toxic products or any other hazardous compounds.
