- Philipp Böing
- London
- United Kingdom
UCL iGEM / SynBioSoc organizer, student (computer science), University College London
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Should Synthetic Organisms be released to clean plastic pollution from the ocean?
The Problem: Microplastic pollution in the ocean.
Proposed Solution: Engineered Organisms that can collect the pollution into recyclable pieces. (the science behind this: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/igem2012 )
A video explanation: http://youtu.be/rEDLg03teOk
Should Synthetic Organisms be released to clean plastic pollution from the ocean? Is synthetic biology the only solution to plastic pollution? Can we anticipate and prevent any negative repercussions? Do the potential risks outweigh the benefits? Who could profit from this? Who calls the shots?
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Aja Bogdanoff 20+
The author seems pretty biased in favor of Venter, but I still found it an interesting (and frightening) read. It doesn't really sound like there's any "if" about it... these guys are just going to do it and see what happens.