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1 the biological revolution and the dangers posed to human- 
2 kind by genetic research. 
3 We have concluded that the technical discussions 
4 about facility classification and all the steps taken to 
5 insure containment are of great immediate importance, and 
6 the present guidelines should be continued, but that ulti- 
7 mately those discussions, those kinds of facilities and 
3 guidelines are simply irrelevant. They are probably most 
g helpful in relieving the conscience of technicians, but 
10 most unlikely over time to prevent serious threats to 
11 human security. Already, recombinant products, threats 
12 to human security included, are becoming the responsibility 
13 of other government agencies like FDA and EPA, with less 
14 than spotless records, and those who do the research move 
15 farther and farther from accepting responsibility for their 
16 products . 
17 Now, perhaps we would have a more optimistic 
13 view of the future if our roots were elsewhere, or our 
ig immediate experience was different. But as members of 
20 Clergy and Laity Concerned, we are rooted in a fate that 
21 proclaims a creator, a God of all life and being, and our 
22 human security lies there; not with a laboratory technician 
23 or efficient administrative officers, or comprehensive 
24 offices of security and safety. And that you not misunder- 
25 stand me, we also have greater faith in the process of 
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