Safety

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Safety

Before answering these questions on your team Safety page, be sure to read the Safety in iGEM page. and the FAQ section below.

Key questions

For iGEM 2012, teams are asked to detail how they approached any issues of biological safety associated with their projects. Specifically, teams should consider the following questions:

  1. Would any of your project ideas raise safety issues in terms of:
    • researcher safety,
    • public safety, or
    • environmental safety?
  2. Do any of the new BioBrick parts (or devices) that you made this year raise any safety issues? If yes,
    • did you document these issues in the Registry?
    • how did you manage to handle the safety issue?
    • How could other teams learn from your experience?
  3. Is there a local biosafety group, committee, or review board at your institution?
    • If yes, what does your local biosafety group think about your project?
    • If no, which specific biosafety rules or guidelines do you have to consider in your country?
  4. Do you have any other ideas how to deal with safety issues that could be useful for future iGEM competitions? How could parts, devices and systems be made even safer through biosafety engineering?

 

Teams, please document any answers to these safety questions on your wiki safety page. Judges will be asked to evaluate your project, in part, on the basis of if and how you considered and addressed issues of biological safety. If any questions arise regarding iGEM and biological safety please send an email to safety AT igem.org.


Contents

1. Would any of your project ideas raise safety issues in terms of:

*researcher safety
No

*Public Safety
No

*Environmental Safety
No

2. Do any of the new BioBrick parts (or devices) that you made this year raise safety issues? If yes,

No

3. Is there a local biosafety group, committee, or review board at your institution?

*Which specific biosafety rules or guidelines do you have to consider in your country?
We have no local biosafety committee at our institution but there are Biosafety rules or guidelines in our country. Please see below :
1. Regulation Law No. 32 of 2009 about Environmental Protection & Management
2. Law No. 7 of 1996 on Food
3. Law No. 18 of 2002 on National System Research,Development and Application of Science and Technology
4. Law No. 18 of 2004 on Plantation
5. Law No. 23 of 1992 on Health
6. Law No. 23 of 1992 on Animal, Fish, and Plant Quarantine
7. Law No. 41 of 1999 on Forestry
8. Government Regulation No. 21 of 2005 on Biosafety of Genetically Engineered Product
9. Presidential Decree 39 of 2010 on Biosafety Commision of Genetically Engineered Product.
10. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT Biosafety Commision Established by Presidential Decree No. 39/2010
11. Biosafety Technical Team In the establishment process.
12. Biosafety Clearing House Regarding Article 20 of the Cartagena Protocol, Indonesia has been establish a Biosafety Clearing House to facilitate the exchange of scientific, technical , environmental and legalinformation on LMO. BCH is coordinated by Ministry of Environment in cooperation with Indonesia Institute of Science Secretariat of Biosafety Commission.
13. Law 32/2009. Every activities may create important risk on environment, biodiversity and human healthand human safety have to carry out Environmental Risk Analysis, Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Risk Communication.


4. Do you have any other ideas how to deal with safety issues that could be useful for future iGEM competitions? How could parts, devices and systems be made even safer through biosafety engineering?

To ensure the biosafety, it will be more certified for documents which related materials provided to the participants. Each institution must have own fire fighters and integrates directly with the center of fire fighters and the local police. iGEM is required to add a safety tool for iGEM participants in the DNA kit. To minimize hazardous chemicals, so far the equipment that is used is fairly easy to control these biosafety. The system is recommended to used, better security, is an safety accordance, such as safety SOP, JSA (Job Safety Analyst).

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