esults in the creation of beneficial transgenic (genetically
             engineered) species, many countries and researchers are ". . . quite
             leery about the uses of biotechnology" (8). Therefore, an
             international biosafety protocol should be created to establish and
             maintain control over the products designed with biotechnology.
             The existing laws and regulations that govern the release of transgenic
             organisms are inadequate or nonexistent. In general, the developed
             nations of the world are using regulations that were designed to
             control and monitor crops created with traditional technologies like
             hybridization and cross-breeding (Hileman 8). Pamela Weintraub, of the
             National Audubon Society, states that many expected problems with
             biotechnology can be kept under control with proper regulations, but
             the regulations (where there are any) governing biotechnology today are
             In the United States for example, biotechnology is regulated by three
             different agencies: the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),
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