Publication Date:
1983-07-08
Description:
〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sun, Marjorie -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 Jul 8;221(4606):136-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11644007" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
*DNA, Recombinant
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Ecology
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*Federal Government
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*Government
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*Government Regulation
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Hazardous Substances
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Public Policy
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*Social Control, Formal
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the topic of a 22 June 1983 hearing held by Representatives Albert Gore and Doug
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Walgren. Scientists testified that potential hazards from the release of rDNA
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organisms into the environment are low, and that voluntary guidelines, like those
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of the National Institutes of Health's Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, are
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sufficient to control the new technology. Some government officials concur with
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this assessment. Should increased federal oversight be decided upon, it has yet
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to be established whether the Environmental Protection Agency or the Agriculture
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Department has regulatory authority.
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
