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Enumerate and explain in brief two biosafety issues, biotechnology is confronted with

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Biosafety in a broad sense, refers to the prevention of loss of biological integrity of biological processes and products, harvested by using living organisms. For example, recombinant insulin was manufactured in a complex biological process putting in thought, knowledge, skill and execution method of the inventor. Secondly, a lot of energy and money was spent in the successful execution of the process. Therefore, the right of the inventor needs to be protected by law considering it as a property. Insulin that is manufactured needs a prescribed trial process to prove that it is suitable for human use.
Another potential hazard was the release of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) into the environment. There was a threat that it might exchange genes. consequently changing the gene pool.
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