[THEBEAK]

Biotechnology is going to be the wave of the future with the earth's dwindling natural resources. However, the uptmost care (strict sterile laboratory procedures) must be adhered to when intermixing and splicing genes of a bacterium mostly indigenous to the sargasso sea and/or making new substances, so that they will not inadvertently be introduced into our ecosystem (such as washing it down a drain).

How can the producers of these new products be sure of their desired outcome when they are eventually let go into the environment? Or, of not reacting in adverse ways when natural biodegrading produces the reverse and might potentially harm the environnment with a new mutated specie altogether? The earth is a much different laboratory with a multitude of variables, much more so than a (closed structured) parametered laboratorial climate!

Which government body regulates and oversees the research and development of new biotechnological products? Or, is this only regulated after it is produced and set into motion in the environment? Taking care before unleashing is of paramount concern here.