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Professor Nelkin 
In one of the concluding statements, Ms. Nelkin Indicated that 
there is a need for social innovation to create a better form of public 
understanding and appropriate means of accountability ior actions, 
In her view, this is an important part of maintaining democracy in a 
technological society. 
Ms. Nelkin suggested that the issue should not be to attempt to 
determine or judge hypothetical risks but rather to try to determine 
the kind of controls which should be exercised until more data are 
available ; it seems improper to regulate the research scientist in his 
university laboratory and not the commercial scientist in industry as 
long as this uncertainty about risk remains. It may be wise to avoid 
overly detailed requirements at this time if general guidelines are 
adequate to address the obvious areas needing regulatory control. 
[Appendix B — 103] 
