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Biocolonialism

This is basically the continuation of the exploitation of developing countries as it used to be in the era of the great explorations. Back then plant hunters used to bring seeds and plants from these countries to make them domestic in the western countries. In the age of biotechnology gene scouts collect probes of useful plants or animals to analyzetheir genetic code and possibly copyright it.

Return of the Colonists (India Today)
A Matter Of Survival - How agricultural biodiversity can be maintained

 
         
   
Epistemological Legitimation

There seems to be a problem in the principle of deciding of conducting a certain way of science or experiments. This is when the results of experiments may or may not justify experiments a posteriori. The danger is simply calculated on the basis of statistical data (DTREE, a tool for that), although even these parameters can be determined as a result of the same or other experiments. An example for the reliability of this approach might be the transference of mutated genes from plants to animals which was considered impossible before which served as a legitimation for outdoor experiments

Risks of escape and spread of engineered genes from transgenic crops to wild relatives (on the Biosafety Information Network)

A Brief History of Biotechnology Risk Debates and Policies in the U.S.

Science, Technology and Innovation at the Turn of the Millenium

   
         
   
Eugenics

these are some articles that are concerned with Eugenics

Gene Therapy and the Concept of Genetic Disease
If Gene Therapy Is the Cure, What Is the Disease?