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10. The proposals also failed to make any expression 
pertaining to the need to retain the continuity and the institu- 
tional memory now possessed by NIH-RAC staff. This constitutes 
a unique resource, and probably is 1 not duplicated anywhere else 
in the world. This represents a specialized knowledge which has 
qained credibility within the scientific community and industry. 
It is undoubtedly one of the principal factors for the success of 
our biotechnological activity. 
11. There was no comment or involvement pertaining to OSHA; 
this governmental body is essential to the proper coordination of 
activities in this technology. 
12. The establishment of five (5) agency RACs, along with 
a scientific review board, would pl nr e a ruhnt n nt i bu rden on 
scientific investigator s, particularly when the need to have 
scientists of appropriate expertise is taken into consideration. 
There is also a requirement to assure that there would be an 
absence of conflict of interest by the persons serving on the 
oversight agencies. Further concern was expressed that the 
establishment of such an elaborate system, with the appearance 
of a larqe bureaucracy, would have a chilling effect upon the 
individual scientists who retain freedom of action in connection 
with the scientific activity in which they may involve themselves. 
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