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14 Science, Technology, and the Public
14 Science, Technology, and the Public
Pages 113-120
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Both Wald and his wife, Harvard biologist Ruth Hubbard, argued that the NIH guidelines were self-serving and dangerously inadequate. In contrast, other scientists argued that the research could be conducted safely under those NIH guidelines and that fears among the public and some of their colleagues about what could happen if genetically~tweaked" microbes managed to escape into the environment were overblown.
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After 75 hours of hearings with testimony from all sides, 25 hours of discussions within the board itself, and still more hours spent wading through stacks of related documents, the eight-member board unanimously agreed that the research should continue, but only under a set of guidelines more strict than those of N1H. in addition, the city council was to set up a Cambridge Biohazards Committee, which would oversee all recombinant DNA research and report safety violations.
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The state supreme court also held that the initial environmental impact statement was inadequate and sent it back to the university to be done again, although it also allowed work at the laboratory to continue. The Laurel Heights improvement Association challenged the second environmental impact statement as well.
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Ohiots Edison program is one of the most frequently cited examples. E3y 1988, according to a survey conducted by the state of Minnesota, 44 states spent a combined S550 million that year on programs to encourage R&D, foster innovation, and help boost the competitiveness of their industries.
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Recently, a congressional subcommittee called Stanford University to account for allegedly overcharging the federal government S200 million in indirect research costs. After a 5-month investigation, the General Accounting Office pointed to Userious deficiencies in Stanford~s cost allocation and charging practices," as well as "inadequate oversight" by the Office of Naval Research, as the root cause of the alleged overcharges.
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This brings up another point; that is, as educators consider ways to train the next generations of researchers, they must pay equal attention to instilling in the rest of their students a level of scientific literacy that helps them to respond intelligently when public policy issues affecting science and research arise. It is interesting to note that when Stanford University was feeling the ripple effects of the donnybrook over UCSFs Laurel Heights research laboratory, Stanford president Donald Kennedy argued that scientists and educa 1 18
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And yet most of our people are disenfranchised from participating in the preeminent cultural traits of our time.... The echoes of the Reformation which was really people saying, awe no longer want our major preeminent cultural trait to be conducted in a language we can't understand'-are still with us (Spotts, 1987a:3)
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The most gratifying experiences I had as a science writer were those spent with researchers who were willing to stick with me until it was clear 1 understood what they were talking about. Each story was the fruit of min~seminars whether on some discovery in a particular field or on some public policy question.
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