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1 My academic training has been in chemical engineering, 
2 law, and planning. I am a nember of the New York Bar, 
3 and a former Commissioned Officer in the Public Health 
4 Service. For eight years I have been doing university 
5 teaching and research in the areas of science, techno- 
6 logy and public policy, first at Cornell and now at 
7 the University of Washington. I have been a nember of 
3 the University of Washington's institutional biohazards 
g committee since its inception. 
10 Today I wish to comment on the public policy 
11 aspects of the proposed revised guidelines, and my 
12 testimony is being submitted on behalf of the Coalition 
13 for Responsible Genetic Research. I will be directing 
14 most of my coinments to the section on Roles and 
15 Responsibilities of the proposed guidelines. 
16 In a commencement address at the University 
17 of Michigan in 1977 , Secretary Califano pointed out 
13 that science has become too important to be left solely 
19 to the scientists. With specific reference to 
20 recombinant DNA research, he noted that policy deliber- 
21 ations in this area must be conducted with concern and 
22 deliberation. And he said, "This is the slowest way, 
23 the most inconvenient way, and in a democracy, the only 
24 way to make such decisions." He went on to observe that 
25 decision-makers in science and medicine must learn the 
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