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assessment studies, and continued emphasis on trainng, 
enforcement of good procedures, and long term record keeping 
and oversight. With such procedures in place, the 
inconvenient emphasis on individual cases can be lessened. 
The new genetic technologies have extraodlnary social and 
econcomic potential. To realize the benefits we must learn 
from past mistakes, past technological arrogance and denial 
of problems, and be willing to invest in the safe 
procedure , assessment , and long term studies needed to 
minimize the negative side effects. 
In not advancing these goals the current RAC proposals fail 
to protect the long term interests of the general public, the 
genetic engineering industry itself, and the scientific 
community. 
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