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Article: Biotech, Religious Leaders Work To Find Middle Ground.
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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BioWorld International Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA - As the world's largest biotech gathering got under way Monday, the ethics of the 18,000 participants came under the scrutiny of a panel of religious leaders who voiced concerns that the industry is overselling the benefits of biotechnology with no reference to the associated risks.
"There are ethical questions implicit in this industry, as the demonstrations outside so noisily remind us," said the Rev. Eileen Lindner of the National Council of Churches in a session on balancing the risks and benefits of biotechnology.
Simon Best, chair of the Bioethics Committee of BIO, agreed there is a gulf ...