Word: biohazardous
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Dates: during 1976-1976
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Daniel Branton, professor of Biology and head of Harvard's biohazards committee, said yesterday he thought the formation of a citizen's committee is a proper way to reach a decision about the research. He added that he welcomed the health commissioner to attend any of the biohazard committee meetings...
...weeks ago only the University's scientists and administrators were involved in the decision to construct the special containment facility that the federal government stipulates for this kind of research. But now because some scientists at Harvard and other institutions are wary of the potential dangers of this biohazard, particularly the dangers it could inflict on Cambridge, the final decision about the construction of the facility was reserved for the Cambridge City Council. After several weeks of debate, the council voted last week to place a three-month moratorium on recombinant DNA research while a special review board attempts...