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COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GENE' 
5 DOANE ST 
CAMBRIDGE MA 02138 03AM 
Western 
Union i 
4-003884S155 06/03/84 ICS IPMMTZZ CSP WHSB 
5187858880 MGMB TDMT ALBANY NY 175 06-03 0959A EST 
DOCTOR RICHARD M KRAUSE 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGIC & INFEC 
DISEASES 
BETHESDA MD 20014 
THE RECOMBINANT DNA ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS VOTED IN FAVOR OF 
PROPOSALS BY BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES TO RELEASE GENETICALLY MODIFIED 
ORGANISMS INTO THE ENVIRONMENT IN FIELD TESTS, WE URGE YOU TO DELAY A 
DECISION ON THIS ADVICE UNTIL THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEATH HAS 
CONDUCTED AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS AND ISSUED AN 
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS) UNDER THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL 
POLICY ACT, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES RAISED BY SUCH RELEASE ARE 
SIGNIFICANT, AS JUDGE SIRICA HAS RECENTLY RULED, AND DESERVE MUCH 
GREATER PUBLIC SCRUTINY THAN THEY HAVE RECEIVED. WE BELIEVE THAT 
GOVERNMENT DECISIONS REGARDING THE RELEASE OF GENETICALLY ALTERED 
ORGANISMS SHOULD BE BASED ON A SET OF ESTABLISHED CRITERIA DEVELOPED 
FOR ENVIROMENTAL, HEATH, AND SAFETY PROTECTION, DO YOU PLAN TO BASE 
YOUR DECISION ON A CAREFUL STUDY OF THE POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL 
EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED RELEASE? PLEASE RESPOND 
SIGNED 
COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GENETICS BY PHILIP L BEREANO, LIEBE F 
CAVALIERI, TERRI GOLBERG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RUTH HUBBARD, SHELDON 
KRIMSKY, BARBARA ROSENBERG, AND GEORGE WALD 
UNSIGNED 
lOtOO EST 
MGMCOMP 
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