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Niko McCarty
Sep 2026 • linkedin
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New essay: There is a little-known regulation that has been strangling biotech innovation for decades. Engineered microbes that eat plastic, sense landmines, or destroy toxins? None are likely to be approved soon, even if proven safe and effective. This regulation, called the Toxic Substances Control Act, is a black hole: between 1987 and 2018, researchers filed more than 240 applications to release engineered microbes outside of the laboratory, such as to clean up oil spills or degrade plastic. Only a few have ev…
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