who believed so. The following comments were offered: 
• regulation will be an expensive proposition for a hazard 
which may ultimately prove to be non-existent 
• other forms of potentially harmful research are conducted 
without regulation 
• other harmful materials used in research are regulated (eg. radioactive 
substances) 
• regulations may prove to be more flexible than legislation 
• recombination as a result of plant and animal breeding is not 
now (and should not be) Included in the guidelines. 
Review of Existing Laws 
Each representative has received a thirteen page document "Regulation of 
Recombinant DNA Research in Laboratories" analyzing the adequacy of 
existing authorities for the regulation of recombinant DNA research. 
The final conclusion — no single authority currently exists which would 
adequately regulate such research. 
The EPA representative suggested that the Toxic Substances Control Act 
(TOSCA) could be amended to meet the regulatory requirements for recombinant 
DNA research. The CEO representative commented that TOSCA was already very 
broad and that extension into this field was unwise for EPA t 
It was the consensus of the Committee to agree with the conclusion expressed 
In this document. 
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