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and the risks are remote and improbable— extremely improbable, indeed. I cannot, 
in this brief statement, provide supporting evidence for this statement, but it 
does represent my convictions." 
Dr. Edsall, our Secretary, is an eminent biochemist. He has been Chairman 
of the division of biochemistry of the American Chemical Society, President of the 
American Society of Biological Chemists. He is also the author of an important 
AAAS brochure on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility. 
6. Dr. Garrett Hardin, a biologist and ecologist, agreed with all of the points of 
the memorandum and thought them d "good job." 
Dr. Hardin has been professor of biology and human ecology at U.C. Santa Bar- 
bara, was the Chairman of the Western Division of AAAS, and is the author of a 
number of such books as "Nature and Man's Fate", "Exploring New Ethics for Sur- 
vival" and others. 
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