MICROBIOLOGY 
H 
SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL SCHOOL 
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES 
SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES 
December 14, 1979 
Donald S. Fredrickson, Director 
National Institutes of Health 
Bethesda, Md. 20014 
Dear Dr. Fredrickson: 
This letter is to support the coli K12/P1 Recommendation (made by the RAC 
on 6-7 September 1979) as outlined in your Decision Document/Environmental Impact 
Assessment published in Federal Register 44^(232) : 69234-69246 , of 30 November 1979. 
After careful consideration of the pertinent data, I strongly support the passage 
of the £. coll K12/P1 Recommendation without reservation. It is clear that the use 
of coli K12 strains in recombinant DNA experiments provides distinct and 
inherent safety to the people and our environment. Passage of the Recommendation 
would allow an immediate surge in medical research, which could have profound impact 
upon the time required for the achievement of new and major medical advancements. 
To deny the passage of the Recommendation would, without purpose, continue to limit 
progress in experimental medicine in this country, which would create an injustice 
to future health care developments for people of the United States of America. 
Again, I give full support for the urgent passage of the IS. coli K12/P1 Recommendation. 
Very truly yours, 
Michael V. Norgard, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor of Microbiology 
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5323 HARRY HINES BLVD. 
DALLAS. TEXAS 75235 
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