Faculty and staff conducting projects that involve hazardous biological materials (including
recombinant DNA), radiological materials, or hazardous chemical waste materials must have
prior approval and must comply with all relevant government regulations. SIUC's Center for
Environmental Health and Safety (453-7180) oversees the approval committees described
below and monitors compliance.
BIOLOGICAL SAFETY
SIUC's Institutional Biosafety Committee and Biological Safety Officer are responsible for
ensuring that faculty and staff who conduct research with hazardous biological materials
comply with the most recently published federal and state standards for such research.
Biological materials covered by the standards include living organisms, products produced
by such organisms, organic chemicals produced to mimic activity/actions of such products,
and recombinant DNA molecules. Biological materials are considered hazardous if they
present a direct or indirect......
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