iGEM teams are leading in the area of Human Practices because they conduct their projects within a social/environmental context, to better understand issues that might influence the design and use of their technologies.

Teams work with students and advisors from the humanities and social sciences to explore topics concerning ethical, legal, social, economic, safety or security issues related to their work. Consideration of these Human Practices is crucial for building safe and sustainable projects that serve the public interest.

For more information, please see the Human Practices page.

Silver Medal Criterion #3

Convince the judges you have thought carefully and creatively about whether your work is safe, responsible and good for the world. You could accomplish this through engaging with your local, national and/or international communities or other approaches. Please note that standard surveys will not fulfill this criteria.

Some Human Practices topic areas

Philosophy
Public Engagement / Dialogue
Education
Product Design
Scale-Up and Deployment Issues
Environmental Impact
Ethics
Safety
Security
Public Policy
Law and Regulation
Risk Assessment

What should we write about on this page?

On this page, you should write about the Human Practices topics you considered in your project, and document any special activities you did (such as visiting experts, talking to lawmakers, or doing public engagement). This should include all of the work done for the Silver Medal Criterion #3. Details for your Gold medal work and/or work for the two Human Practices special prizes should be put on those specified pages.

Inspiration

Read what other teams have done:

Lead Pollution in our Drinking Water: Can you guess WHERE? (Touch Tomorrow)

Lead Contamination in Your Drinking Water (survey)

Got Lead? (Poster Presentation at NEWIN)

Communication with professionals

Lead Detection

Analytical Balance Corp. (personal visit) Barnstable County Health BHC Company Department of Public Health (DEP) Geo Labs, Inc. Hach Metropolitan District Hartford, CT New Britain Water Company Northeast Environment Lab Regional Water Authority (CT) STL Westfield

Colorimetric Testing

IDEXX

Probiotic

FDA: classification of probiotic; difference in classification Professor Shell: microbiologist

Lead Poisoning Treatment

Valeant Pharmaceutical Lincoln Pediatrics Massachusetts Child Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Lead Clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital

Team:WPI Worcester/HP/Silver

WPI_Worcester

★ ALERT!

Silver Medal Human Practices