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The emerging biotechnology revolution is giving rise to the hope that it can provide the basis for more sustainable development, and the field of environmental management is no exception. It is widely recognized that environmental biotechnology will play a major role in efforts aimed at preventing further damage to the environment and combating environmentally related diseases, mainly by generating food at a lower environmental cost, by providing less toxic chemicals or less polluting processes for chemical manufacture, by eliminating toxic chemicals from the environment, and by controlling infectious disease in overcrowded populations (Timmis, 1992).
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Solleiro, J.L., Castañón, R. (1997). Environmental Biotechnologies in Mexico. In: Sayler, G.S., Sanseverino, J., Davis, K.L. (eds) Biotechnology in the Sustainable Environment. Environmental Science Research, vol 54. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5395-3_17
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