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Keywords: Dental Caries/*prevention & control ; *Fluoridation ; Humans ; United States

Keywords: *Carcinogens ; Consumer Product Safety ; Environmental Exposure ; Formaldehyde/*adverse effects ; Jurisprudence ; *Public Policy ; United States ; United States Environmental Protection Agency ; United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Keywords: Coercion ; Humans ; Mandatory Programs ; *Public Policy ; *Tissue Donors ; *Tissue and Organ Procurement ; United States ; Voluntary Programs

Keywords: Advertising as Topic/*legislation & jurisprudence ; Drug Industry ; *Drug Prescriptions ; Humans ; United States

Keywords: Budgets ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; Research Support as Topic/*legislation & jurisprudence ; United States

Keywords: History, 19th Century ; History, 20th Century ; Research/*history ; *Research Support as Topic ; United States

Keywords: Animals ; *Animals, Laboratory ; Jurisprudence ; Mice ; *Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Rats ; Rats, Inbred Lew ; Rats, Inbred Strains ; Research ; United States ; Wisconsin

Keywords: *Information Systems ; United States

Keywords: *Abnormalities, Multiple ; Civil Rights ; *Disabled Persons ; Federal Government ; Female ; *Government Regulation ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; *Judicial Role ; *Jurisprudence ; United States ; *Withholding Treatment ; Department of Justice suit in November 1983 against the State University Hospital ; in Stony Brook, New York, to obtain the infant's medical records. Parents and ; physicians had decided against treatment for the severely handicapped newborn, ; but legal action was begun by right-to-life advocates to appoint a guardian for ; the child and to order surgery. The Department of Justice became involved after ; two New York courts ruled against the action ; the Department's intervention is ; based on Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which forbids discrimination ; against the handicapped.

Keywords: American Medical Association ; *Forensic Psychiatry ; Humans ; *Mental Disorders ; United States

Keywords: Child Advocacy/legislation & jurisprudence ; *Congenital Abnormalities ; Ethics Committees, Clinical ; Federal Government ; *Government Regulation ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; United States ; *United States Dept. of Health and Human Services ; Withholding Treatment ; the Department of Health and Human Services is preparing a second version of ; federal rules designed to ensure appropriate treatment of handicapped newborns ; with life-threatening but correctible conditions. While child advocacy groups ; support the regulations with some reservations about the intrusive style of ; enforcement, most medical organizations, led by the American Academy of ; Pediatrics, are strongly opposed. Both houses of Congress have become involved ; with the issue by proposing to include handicapped infants under the Child Abuse ; and Treatment Act.

Keywords: *Housing ; Humans ; *Radiation ; United States ; United States Environmental Protection Agency

Keywords: *National Institutes of Health (U.S.)/organization & administration ; *Research Support as Topic/economics ; United States

Keywords: Accidents, Occupational/*prevention & control ; *Agriculture ; *Dust ; *Edible Grain ; Humans ; United States

Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*epidemiology/transmission ; Africa, Central ; Blood ; Europe ; Female ; Haiti ; Homosexuality ; Humans ; Male ; Sarcoma, Kaposi/epidemiology ; United States

Keywords: *Delivery of Health Care ; Education, Medical ; El Salvador ; Financial Support ; Health Personnel ; *Human Rights ; Humans ; Organizational Policy ; Physicians ; Politics ; *Professional Misconduct ; Public Policy ; *Societies ; United States ; Violence ; Salvador in January as observers for the American Association for the Advancement ; of Science, the National Academy of Sciences, the New York Academy of Sciences, ; and the International League for Human Rights. Their findings paralleled those of ; an earlier delegation--"a virtually complete breakdown of the health system" and ; continuing violence against health professionals. A number of scientific ; organizations in the U.S. are reported to be exploring ways to channel private ; aid from health professionals and to protect the rights of patients and health ; personnel without antagonizing the government of El Salvador.

Keywords: Animals ; Biological Assay ; Carcinogens ; Carotenoids/adverse effects ; Chlorobenzenes/adverse effects ; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; Costs and Cost Analysis ; Humans ; Neoplasms/economics/mortality/*prevention & control ; Policy Making ; United States ; beta Carotene

Keywords: Animals ; Biological Assay ; *Carcinogens/metabolism/pharmacology ; Carcinogens, Environmental ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Environmental Exposure ; Epidemiologic Methods ; Humans ; In Vitro Techniques ; Mixed Function Oxygenases/metabolism ; Mutagenicity Tests ; Neoplasms/chemically induced ; Risk ; Time Factors ; United States

Keywords: *Environmental Pollution ; *Government Agencies ; Humans ; Legislation as Topic ; Leukemia/chemically induced ; Risk ; United States ; *United States Environmental Protection Agency

Keywords: Child ; Environmental Exposure ; Humans ; *Intelligence ; *Lead ; United States ; United States Environmental Protection Agency

Keywords: *Advisory Committees ; *Containment of Biohazards ; *DNA, Recombinant ; *Federal Government ; *Government Regulation ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; United States

Keywords: *Biomedical Research ; Cell Line ; Copyright ; DNA, Recombinant ; Economic Competition ; Federal Government ; *Genetic Engineering ; *Genetics, Microbial ; Government Regulation ; Legislation as Topic ; Ownership ; *Patents as Topic ; Research ; *Technology ; United States ; as a question of intellectual property rights. Attention is focused on the major ; role played by the U.S. patent system in establishing such rights, as illustrated ; by the case of products of recombinant DNA research. Trade secret, copyright, and ; trademark protections are also considered, as are policy issues such as ; international competition in the development of biomedical technologies and ; financing arrangements.

Keywords: Air Pollution ; *Fires ; Humans ; United States ; *Wood

Keywords: *American Medical Association ; Humans ; Medical Laboratory Science/*standards ; United States

Keywords: *Advisory Committees ; *DNA, Recombinant ; Federal Government ; *Government Regulation ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; *Professional Staff Committees ; United States

Keywords: Animals ; *Animals, Laboratory ; Legislation, Medical ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.)/organization & administration ; New York ; *Primates ; United States

Keywords: Animals ; *Jurisprudence ; Malathion/adverse effects ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; Neoplasms/chemically induced ; United States

Keywords: Female ; Humans ; Male ; Mental Disorders/*epidemiology/therapy ; National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) ; United States

Keywords: *Agriculture ; *Government Agencies ; *Research ; United States

Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ; *Budgets ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; *Financial Management ; Humans ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; *Research ; United States ; United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Keywords: Animals ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; New York ; *Primates ; *Research Support as Topic ; United States ; Universities/economics

Keywords: Medical Laboratory Science/*standards ; Quality Assurance, Health Care ; *Societies, Scientific ; United States ; *United States Dept. of Health and Human Services

Keywords: Animals ; *Animals, Laboratory ; California ; Cats ; Dogs ; *Ethics, Medical ; Legislation, Medical ; Maryland ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; United States

Keywords: History, 20th Century ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; United States

Keywords: Dioxins/*adverse effects ; Environmental Exposure ; *Jurisprudence ; United States ; Vietnam

Keywords: *Drug Information Services ; *Government Agencies ; United States ; *United States Environmental Protection Agency

Keywords: Animals ; *Animals, Laboratory ; Craniocerebral Trauma ; Ethics, Medical ; Humans ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; Papio ; Pennsylvania ; United States

Keywords: Bacterial Toxins/*genetics ; *Cloning, Molecular ; Containment of Biohazards ; Escherichia coli/genetics ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; Shiga Toxins ; United States

Keywords: History, 20th Century ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; United States

Keywords: Costs and Cost Analysis ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; *Research Support as Topic ; United States ; *Universities

Keywords: Animal Husbandry/standards ; Animals ; *Animals, Laboratory ; Ethics ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; *Research ; United States ; Vivisection

Keywords: *National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) ; Research Support as Topic ; United States ; *United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Keywords: Biomedical Research ; *DNA, Recombinant ; Factor VIII/genetics ; Humans ; Industry ; Interferons/genetics ; *Patents as Topic/legislation & jurisprudence ; United States ; current patent disputes within the biotechnology industry. Fox reports on the ; participants and products involved in six actions, some over substances that are ; still being tested. Companies often use these legal contests to gain an edge on ; the competition ; some firms without the resources to wage long court cases will ; go under or be bought out, while others will be forced to disclose research ; secrets to defend themselves against charges of patent infringement. Given the ; nature of the genetic engineering industry, patent battles are expected for years ; to come.

Keywords: Animals ; *Animals, Laboratory ; *Legislation as Topic ; Research ; United States

Keywords: Animals ; *Animals, Laboratory ; *Legislation, Veterinary ; *Research ; United States

Keywords: Animals ; *Animals, Laboratory ; Ethics ; Military Medicine ; United States ; *Wounds, Gunshot

Keywords: *Advisory Committees ; Containment of Biohazards ; *DNA, Recombinant ; *Federal Government ; *Government Regulation ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; United States ; Health has encountered setbacks in its attempt to increase its regulatory ; authority over genetic engineering ventures. Competing claims by the ; Environmental Protection Agency have been supported in a congressional report ; authored by Rep. Albert Gore, Jr. (D-Tenn.) which is critical of RAC's actions in ; approving experimental release of genetically-modified organisms into the ; environment. During a 6 Feb 1984 public meeting, RAC faced a barrage of criticism ; led by activist Jeremy Rifkin, and learned of a U.S. Court of Appeals decision ; blocking its consideration of a proposed field test with engineered bacteria.

Keywords: *Genetic Engineering ; Humans ; *Legislation, Drug ; United States ; United States Food and Drug Administration ; alpha 1-Antitrypsin/*genetics/therapeutic use

Keywords: Advisory Committees ; DNA, Recombinant ; Federal Government ; *Genetic Engineering ; *Government Regulation ; Humans ; Legislation as Topic ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; United States ; United States Environmental Protection Agency

Keywords: Base Sequence ; Computers ; DNA/genetics ; *Molecular Biology ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; United States

Keywords: Animals ; *Carcinogens ; Humans ; Risk ; United States

Keywords: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Child ; Humans ; *Jurisprudence ; Lead Poisoning/*prevention & control ; United States

Keywords: Alanine/analogs & derivatives/toxicity ; Carcinogens ; Fungicides, Industrial/toxicity ; *Government Agencies ; Herbicides/toxicity ; Pesticide Residues/toxicity ; Pesticides/*toxicity ; United States ; *United States Environmental Protection Agency

Keywords: *Biomedical Research ; Federal Government ; Financial Support ; *Fraud ; Government ; *Government Regulation ; Humans ; International Cooperation ; Internationality ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; Public Policy ; Punishment ; *Research ; Research Personnel ; *Scientific Misconduct ; *Social Control, Formal ; Switzerland ; United States

Keywords: Books/*legislation & jurisprudence ; *Crime ; *Fraud ; Publishing/*legislation & jurisprudence ; Textbooks as Topic/*legislation & jurisprudence ; United States

Keywords: Research ; Research Support as Topic ; *Technology Assessment, Biomedical/economics ; United States

Keywords: Costs and Cost Analysis ; Education, Medical/*economics ; Education, Medical, Graduate/*economics ; Health Facilities, Proprietary ; Hospitals, Teaching/*economics ; Humans ; Insurance, Health ; Medicare ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; Research Support as Topic ; Training Support ; United States

Keywords: *Environmental Pollutants ; International Cooperation ; Legislation as Topic ; *Public Policy ; Risk ; *Science ; United States ; United States Environmental Protection Agency

Keywords: Costs and Cost Analysis ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; *Research Support as Topic ; United States

Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*economics ; Humans ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; Neoplasms/*economics ; Politics ; *Research Support as Topic ; United States

Keywords: American Medical Association ; Curriculum ; *Education, Medical ; United States

Keywords: History, 20th Century ; Humans ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; Neoplasms ; Research Support as Topic ; United States

Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*blood ; Antibodies, Viral/*analysis ; Blood Donors ; Blood Transfusion/adverse effects ; Deltaretrovirus/*immunology ; Federal Government ; Humans ; United States ; United States Dept. of Health and Human Services ; epidemiological study by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Blood ; samples from 200,000 presumably healthy donors will soon be drawn and stored, to ; be screened when the test becomes available. Donors and recipients of blood which ; tests AIDS-positive will then be followed to see if AIDS develops. The study ; raises ethical issues in the areas of obtaining informed consent from donors and ; notifying donors and recipients of test results. The plan now is to obtain ; consent from donors and notify them of positive test results, and to decide later ; about notifying recipients.

Keywords: *Advisory Committees ; *DNA, Recombinant ; *Federal Government ; *Government Regulation ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; United States ; Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) are seen as potentially detrimental to ; RAC's credibility. Each session was closed on grounds that proprietary data were ; being reviewed. NIH Director James B. Wyngaarden has implemented a formal review ; of the extent of the authority of RAC, which currently reviews not only research ; projects funded by its parent agency but also voluntarily-submitted industrial ; proposals and proposals of other federal government agencies.

Keywords: History, 19th Century ; History, 20th Century ; Microscopy/*history ; Military Medicine/history ; National Library of Medicine (U.S.)/*history ; United States

Keywords: *Education, Medical, Continuing ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; *Research ; *Training Support ; United States

Keywords: 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid/adverse effects ; 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid/adverse effects ; Combat Disorders/psychology ; Female ; Humans ; Pregnancy ; Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin/adverse effects ; *Twins/psychology ; United States ; *United States Department of Veterans Affairs ; *Veterans ; Vietnam

Keywords: *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; *Neoplasms ; *Professional Staff Committees ; United States

Keywords: History, 20th Century ; Humans ; Substance-Related Disorders/prevention & control ; United States ; *United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Keywords: *Empathy ; *Humanism ; Humans ; *Internal Medicine ; Internship and Residency ; *Societies, Medical ; United States ; technological advances has begun to manifest itself in actions by professional ; societies and medical schools. The American Board of Internal Medicine now ; requires proof of a physician's "integrity, respect, and compassion" for ; certification. More humanities majors are being encouraged to enter medicine, and ; many residency programs are exploring ways of helping residents develop a more ; humanistic approach to patient care.

Keywords: *Disabled Persons ; *Ethics, Medical ; Humans ; *Infant, Newborn ; Patient Advocacy/*legislation & jurisprudence ; *Societies, Medical ; United States

Keywords: Female ; Humans ; *Longevity ; Male ; *Smoking ; United States

Keywords: Animals ; Carcinogens ; *Government Agencies ; Humans ; Male ; Rats ; Triazines/*adverse effects ; United States ; *United States Environmental Protection Agency

Keywords: Animals ; Blood Pressure/drug effects ; Calcium/*deficiency ; Calcium, Dietary/metabolism/pharmacology ; Diet ; Humans ; Hypertension/*etiology ; Rats ; Sodium/metabolism ; United States

Keywords: Government Agencies ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; Politics ; Research Support as Topic/*legislation & jurisprudence ; *Social Sciences ; United States

Keywords: *Abortion, Induced ; China ; Coercion ; Developing Countries ; Economics ; *Family Planning Services ; *Financing, Government ; Humans ; *International Cooperation ; *Internationality ; Mandatory Programs ; *Population Control ; Prevalence ; *Public Policy ; Social Change ; United Nations ; United States ; conference concerning U.S. plans to halt foreign aid to nongovernmental ; organizations that "perform or actively promote" abortions, several reports ; appeared about problems which developing nations face in contending with rapid ; population growth. The World Bank's World Development Report 1984 analyzes ; population and development trends, argues for providing more aid for population ; programs, and recounts what has happened in countries where abortion has been ; outlawed. A National Research Council report documents China's rapid fertility ; drop since its 1969 antinatalist campaign began. A Population Reports ; International report advocates housing, education, and incentive-based family ; planning programs in developing countries.

Keywords: Australia ; *Fertilization in Vitro ; Humans ; Internationality ; Jurisprudence ; United States ; without arranging for the disposition of two of the woman's fertilized ova in ; frozen storage has renewed debate over the legal and moral aspects of in vitro ; fertilization. Experts doubt that the zygotes are still viable, but questions ; have been raised about their legal status, their inheritance rights, and the ; possibility of implanting them in the womb of a surrogate mother. Disposition of ; unused fertilized eggs in the United States is currently governed by informal ; guidelines, although a public consensus on the issues raised by new and future ; reproductive technologies has not been attained.

Keywords: Animals ; Mice ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; Nuclear Transfer Techniques ; *Research Support as Topic ; Switzerland ; United States

Keywords: *Abortion, Induced ; Capitalism ; Coercion ; Developing Countries ; Economics ; *Family Planning Services ; Federal Government ; *Financing, Government ; Government ; Government Agencies ; Humans ; *International Cooperation ; *Internationality ; Political Systems ; *Population Control ; *Public Policy ; United Nations ; United States ; paper to be presented at the August 1984 United Nations world population ; conference in Mexico City. The paper dismisses population growth in developing ; countries as a cause of unemployment, illegal migration, or famine, and asserts ; that population programs are no substitute for ending government controls that ; stifle economic growth. It also contains a strong statement against abortion, ; states the U.S. position against coercion in family planning, and declares the ; Reagan administration's resolve not to fund programs advocating abortion. The ; U.S. stance is expected to antagonize developing countries and isolate the United ; States at the U.N. conference.

Keywords: *Abnormalities, Multiple ; Federal Government ; *Government Regulation ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; *Jurisprudence ; Legislation, Medical ; United States ; other medical organizations, a federal district court judge has struck down the ; February 1984 version of the Department of Health and Human Services' "Baby Doe" ; regulations. It was the second time a court had denied the government's claim ; that federal statutes forbidding discrimination against the handicapped give it ; the authority to intervene in treatment decisions concerning handicapped ; newborns. At the time of the ruling, no complaints about the care of any infant ; had been handled by DHHS under the provisions of this latest set of regulations.

Keywords: Combat Disorders/epidemiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; *Military Medicine ; Pregnancy ; *Twins ; United States ; United States Department of Veterans Affairs ; *Veterans ; Vietnam ; *Warfare

Keywords: Humans ; *Infant, Newborn ; Patient Advocacy/*legislation & jurisprudence ; United States ; United States Dept. of Health and Human Services

Keywords: Animals ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/*pharmacology ; Cattle/microbiology ; *Disease Outbreaks ; Drug Resistance, Microbial ; *Food Microbiology ; Humans ; Meat ; Milk/microbiology ; Poultry/microbiology ; Salmonella/*drug effects ; Salmonella Infections/microbiology/*transmission ; Salmonella typhimurium/drug effects ; United States

Keywords: Humans ; Japan ; *Military Medicine ; Multiple Myeloma/*epidemiology ; *National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) ; *Organizations ; *Radioactive Fallout ; United States ; *Veterans

Keywords: Humans ; Legislation, Medical ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; Neoplasms/mortality/*prevention & control ; *Research ; United States

Keywords: Carcinogens ; Food Additives ; Food Analysis ; Food Coloring Agents ; Food Contamination ; Legislation, Drug ; *Legislation, Food/trends ; Pesticide Residues ; Risk ; Safety ; United States ; *United States Food and Drug Administration

Keywords: 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine ; Animals ; Disease Models, Animal ; Haplorhini ; Humans ; Parkinson Disease/*etiology ; Parkinson Disease, Secondary/etiology ; Pyridines/*adverse effects ; Rats ; Substance-Related Disorders ; Substantia Nigra/drug effects ; United States

Keywords: Air Pollution/prevention & control ; Child ; Gasoline/*adverse effects ; Humans ; Lead/adverse effects ; *Lead Poisoning/etiology/prevention & control ; *Legislation as Topic ; Petroleum/*adverse effects ; United States

Keywords: Carcinogens ; Chemical Industry ; Civil Rights/*legislation & jurisprudence ; *Employee Discipline ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; *Personnel Management ; Pesticides/toxicity ; United States

Keywords: *Carcinogens ; *Food Contamination ; Insecticides/*adverse effects ; *Legislation as Topic ; Triazines/*adverse effects ; United States ; United States Environmental Protection Agency

Keywords: Adolescent ; Adult ; Age Factors ; Aged ; Ascorbic Acid/metabolism ; *Blood Pressure/drug effects ; Calcium/metabolism ; Continental Population Groups ; Energy Intake ; Female ; Humans ; Hypertension/metabolism ; Male ; Middle Aged ; National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) ; Nutrition Surveys ; *Nutritional Physiological Phenomena ; Obesity/metabolism ; Potassium/metabolism ; Sex Factors ; Sodium/metabolism ; United States ; Vitamin A/metabolism

Keywords: Legislation, Medical ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.)/organization & administration ; United States

Keywords: National Institutes of Health (U.S.)/*organization & administration ; Research Support as Topic ; United States

Keywords: Legislation, Medical ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.)/organization & administration ; United States

Keywords: *Budgets ; *Financial Management ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.)/organization & administration ; United States

Keywords: *Politics ; *Research Support as Topic ; United States

Keywords: *Biomedical Research ; *Crime ; Federal Government ; *Fraud ; *Government Regulation ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; Research/*standards ; United States ; look into institutional procedures at Emory University, where an internal ; investigation had revealed extensive data fabrication by John Darsee, found a ; pattern of lax supervision of Darsee's research. Rather than prescribe action for ; Emory alone, the panel recommended seven procedural steps that should be taken by ; all NIH-supported research centers to guard against similar occurrences. These ; recommendations are being reviewed by NIH.

Keywords: Advisory Committees ; DNA, Recombinant ; Federal Government ; *Genetic Engineering ; *Government Regulation ; Jurisprudence ; *National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; United States ; recommended to NIH director James B. Wyngaarden on 1 June 1984 that two ; companies, Cetus Corporation and Advanced Genetic Sciences, Inc., be allowed to ; proceed with experiments involving release into the environment of organisms ; altered by gene splicing. The recommendation followed by two weeks a ruling by ; federal judge John J. Sirica which halted a very similar experiment by ; federally-funded University of California researcher Steven Lindow. The ruling ; did not apply to experiments conducted by private companies. Wyngaarden thus ; faces the political dilemma that, if he accepts the advisory committee's ; recommendation, a dual standard will be established allowing industry to conduct ; experiments that university scientists are currently barred from doing.

Keywords: Advisory Committees ; *DNA, Recombinant ; Federal Government ; *Government Regulation ; Jurisprudence ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; United States ; University of California experiment, already approved by the National Institutes ; of Health's Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, which would have involved the ; first deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified bacteria. ; Agreeing with social activist Jeremy Rifkin's charge that NIH had failed to ; comply with the National Environmental Policy Act when it approved the ; experiment, Sirica strongly suggested that he would also rule in Rifkin's favor ; on a suit to block all similar federally funded experiments until NIH has ; conducted an exhaustive evaluation of their potential environmental impact. ; Sirica's decision, however, left the NIH Recombinant Advisory Committee free to ; approve privately-funded experiments, which are not covered by the same ; environmental laws.

Keywords: Animals ; Cuba ; Culicidae/parasitology ; History, 19th Century ; History, 20th Century ; Humans ; Insect Vectors/parasitology ; United States ; Yellow Fever/*history/transmission