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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