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Primer on Bioproducts - BIOCAP Canada

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Chapter 7How Will <strong>Bioproducts</strong> Affect You?This <str<strong>on</strong>g>Primer</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Bioproducts</strong> is intended to promote a greaterunderstanding of the use of biomass and biological tools as analternative or a complement to fossil fuels and c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>alindustrial processes. It describes what bioproducts are, whythey are being developed now, and where to find them.The <str<strong>on</strong>g>Primer</str<strong>on</strong>g> also emphasizes the importance of being equippedwith at least an introductory understanding of the implicati<strong>on</strong>sof bioproducts in <strong>Canada</strong>. As more industries and businessesadopt these technologies, Canadians will be asked to debatetheir benefits and risks. Readers will have to make decisi<strong>on</strong>sabout bioproducts, while being faced with difficult issues andcomplex science.PRIMER ON BIOPRODUCTS59

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