Throughout the recombinant DNA controversy of the 1970s, Singer argued that only national standards, not restrictions issued by state or local governments, could assure a balance between safeguarding public health and the environment, and allowing this promising new line of research to proceed without overly burdensome and widely-varying requirements for review and authorization.
Number of Image Pages:
2 (88,410 Bytes)
Date:
1977-06-06 (June 6, 1977)
Creator:
Singer, Maxine
Recipient:
Brown-Rezanka, Lorill
California. State Assembly
Source:
Original Repository: Library of Congress. Maxine Singer Papers
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of the Library of Congress.
Subject:
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
DNA, Recombinant
Exhibit Category:
Risk, Regulation, and Scientific Citizenship: The Controversy over Recombinant DNA Research
Relation:
[Testimony of Maxine Singer before the California State Legislature] (January 28, 1977)
[Testimony of Maxine Singer before the California State Legislature] (January 28, 1977)