passed legislation to insure compliance of the Guidelines 
with provisions for laboratory inspections, penalties for 
Guideline violations as well as training and medical 
monitoring of personnel. The federal government should 
do no less. 
In conclusion the New York State Attorney General's 
office believes that the Proposed Revised Guidelines serve 
to reduce containment levels and at times exempt altogether 
experiments that have not been proven to be without risk. 
We can see no reasonable justification for this downgrading 
of containment. We have as many unanswered questions 
regarding the ultimate consequences of recombinant DNA 
technology today as we did at the start of this technology. 
We are here to protect the health and environment of our 
citizens. Let us not be derelict in our duty. 
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