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...only are theologians perplexed by the issue, but scientists themselves are divided. Last week the clergymen opposing human engineering were joined by seven scientists, including Nobel Laureates Polycarp Kusch and George Wald. A bio chemist, Wald echoes the fears of many clergymen about altering human genes when he asks, "Who is going to set those specifications...
...this instance, the issue did not involve research directly; the bill was aimed at nuclear power plants. But a significant portion of bio medical research is used to generate such waste. The bill actually exempts such research, but universities insist that provision is useless. If all other waste disposal is curbed, then universities would have to establish their own facilities--a fiscally infeasible proposition, they say. "If we are deprived of a place to dump we could see large cutbacks in research," says Jacob Shapiro, radiological health and safety engineer to the University Health Services, and a nationally known expert...
...biological safety officer of the EHS, Lynn Harding handles jobs ranging from monitoring research of recombinant DNA and gene-splicing to supervising the removal of micro-organisms such as bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi from any University buildings. Harding's group implements the safety guidelines set by Harvard's bio-safety committee on genetic research, but it does not make any ethical decisions. "These issues haven't really come into play yet, but there may be a day when this will affect us." she notes...
...probe of the work of a private testing firm responsible for evaluating the health and safety hazards of some 212 chemicals, primarily pesticides and herbicides, during the '70s. The study concluded that there had been a pattern of sloppy and fraudulent testing procedures by the firm, Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, of Northbrook...
...agency subsequently ordered a review of all chemicals tested after EPA investigators in 1976 first discovered problems with the firm's work. The Justice Department was then asked to investigate. Four former employees of Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories are currently on trial in Chicago's federal district court on charges of submitting false study reports to the Government on four chemicals. Said an EPA spokesman in Washington: "We don't want to frighten anybody. Many of these chemicals are supported by other tests. We're trying to find out just which ones they...