bi·o·safe·ty

(bī′ō-sāf′tē)

The set of measures taken to ensure the safe handling of biohazardous materials, such as pathogens, biological contaminants, and genetically modified organisms, especially to prevent their accidental spread beyond a laboratory or research facility.

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biosafety

(ˌbaɪəʊˈseɪftɪ)

(Agriculture) the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products

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bi•o•safe•ty

(ˌbaɪ oʊˈseɪf ti)

n.

the maintenance of safe conditions in biological research to prevent harm to workers, nonlaboratory organisms, or the environment.

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Noun

biosafety - safety from exposure to infectious agents

safety - the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions; "insure the safety of the children"; "the reciprocal of safety is risk"

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KARACHI -- A three-day Workshop on "Biosafety Awareness" organized by the dean faculty of Natural Sciences,Shah Abdul Latif University (SALU), Khairpur and Pakistan Biological Safety Association (PBSA) in collaboration with Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Health, USA and Safer Behavior, USA was concluded here on Monday.

Workshop on "Biosafety Awareness" concludes

Nyeri county has received five chemotherapy chairs and a biosafety machine from the national government.

Referral hospital gets chemotherapy chairs from ministry

The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international agreement that aims to ensure the safe handling, transporting and use of Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health.

No GMOs law in Botswana

Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev and his Uzbek counterpart Victor Mahmudov signed a memorandum of understanding on biosafety between the security councils of the two nations.

Uzbekistan, Russia sign MoU on biosafety

The Director-General of National Biosafety Development Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba has lost his 18-year-old son to a ghastly motor accident.

DG NBMA Loses 18-Year-Old Son To Motor Accident

Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shahab Uddin Saturday said that Bangladesh is determined to implementing action plans on biosafety according to the provisions of the Cartagena Protocol, reports BSS.

'Bangladesh committed to ensuring biosafety'

The 5th edition of Biological Safety: Principles and Practices is still the leading comprehensive biosafety textbook available and is a page-turner as well.

Biological Safety: Principles and Practices, 5th Edition

The delays in green lighting biosafety permits for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) could erode the country's status as Asia's leader in biotechnology and may even disrupt trade with the United States, according to a Global Agricultural Information Network (Gain) report.

Delays in approving GMO permits scored

'Pakistan is party to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) to the convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) since May 31st, 2009' the officials said.

Pak-EPA processes 400 cases of GMO's

Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases is among the few federally operated research facilities in the United States with Biosafety Level 3 and Biosafety Level 4 containment laboratories.

CNA awarded federal contract