The general impression with advancement in biotechnology is that it is safe and a panacea to world’s problems. Recently, however, a detailed review of biotechnology… Read More »Disadvantages of Biotechnology Health and Healthcare Delivery

Industrial biotechnology thrives to boost manufacturing outputs, create more jobs and at the same time minimize anthropogenic impact on the environment. This goal is achieved… Read More »Benefits of Biotechnology Application to Industrial Production

As already described in preceding Units, several crops have been genetically engineered to be more productive, grow on zero-till land and to be pest (insect… Read More »Benefits of Biotechnology Application to Agriculture

Advantages of biotechnology application to environmental health may be considered from the standpoint of the different advances that have been made in the different sectors… Read More »Advantages of Biotechnology Application to Environmental Health

In its simplest form, merit denotes advantage while demerit denotes disadvantage, at least in the context of our discussion in this unit. Advantage has been… Read More »Merits and Demerits of Biotechnology

What is a Contaminated Land? Land may be said to be contaminated when there are substances in, on or under it that actually, or potentially,… Read More »Application of Biotechnology to Remediation of Contaminated Land Sites

Air Pollution Abatement Air pollution is the presence in larger than normal concentrations of chemicals, particulate matter and biological materials that cause harm or discomfort… Read More »Application of Biotechnology to Air and Water Pollution Control

Genetically-modified Food Microorganism such as bacteria and fungi in collaboration with worms play vital roles in creating and maintaining soil fertility. When animals, plants or… Read More »Application of Biotechnology to Food Production and Preservation

Preventive Methods Disease prevention implies activities designed to protect patients or other members of the public from actual or potential health threats and their harmful… Read More »The Traditional and Biotechnological Methods of Pests and Diseases

Diseases are spread through several means including infected body fluids such as blood, faeces, vomit, saliva and nasal secretions. Pathogenic objects include microorganisms, poisons, pollutants… Read More »Pest and Disease Control and Preventive Methods

It may be right to say that biotechnology is not new to any of you. We are all aware that for a very long time,… Read More »Concept and Definition of Biotechnology

Everyone needs biotechnology, we can all agree that any effort that gives rise to more food, cleaner environment, less disease infections and better way of… Read More »Importance of Biotechnology

To understand how biotechnology applies to environmental health, it is important to first recall the roles of environmental health in sanitation, waste management and disease… Read More »Relevance of Biotechnology to Environmental Health

Biotechnology has a long history that predated modern civilization, humans for a very long time have put plants and animals to several uses without actually… Read More »Origin and History of Biotechnology and Environmental Biotechnology