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Commentary: Some Issues in Biodegradation

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As an individual, not on behalf of the EPA Science Advisory Board, I would like to share with you some of the problems I have observed with reviews of a variety of technologies. I have been with the Science Advisory Board since the marquee at EPA was first lit up, except for a brief period in 1981 when there was an enforced sabbatical leave for some of us. I would like to indicate some of the issues that I see in the area of biodegradation in the broader sense, and in applying genetic engineering to biodegradation in a narrow sense.

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Alexander, M. (1988). Commentary: Some Issues in Biodegradation. In: Omenn, G.S. (eds) Environmental Biotechnology. Basic Life Sciences, vol 45. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0824-7_26

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