Side Event

Strengthening Risk Assessment - Lessons learnt from Environmental and Health Research

Organizer
European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility

Date and Time
3 October 2012 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

The scientifically meaningful planning and conduct of Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) and Health Risk Assessment (HRA) of genetically engineered organisms has been a matter of dispute since the first deliberate releases and commercialisation of genetically engineered organisms. ERA and HRA have been reviewed and updated since than, many simple methods of the early days derived from chemical toxicology have been evaluated as unsuitable for assessing the potentially more complex effects of living organisms and derived food stuff. Scientists from Europe and Africa present their results from research and experiences from the regulatory debates in this ENSSER side events. The development of scientifically sound approaches and methods will be discussed with the audience.