Field test of altered microbe still in limbo.
Field test of altered microbe still in limbo.
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改变微生物的现场测试仍处于悬而未决的状态。
DOI：
10.1126/science.11643923
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发表时间：
1986
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
Marjorie Sun
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作者：
Marjorie Sun
“这真的非常令人困惑，”位于伯克利的加州大学的科学家史蒂文·林道说，他想实地测试改变微生物以减少植物上的霜冻。三个星期前，林多在等待了将近两年之后，获得了联邦的批准，可以在马铃薯植物上进行这项实验，但是他仍然不能进行，因为当地的反对声越来越大。由于当地公众的情绪，该大学暂时撤回了继续进行实验的许可。6月2日，其中一个试验场所在的莫多克县的监事会通过了一项决议，要求推迟试验。林多感到沮丧和惊讶的是，试验在加州的图莱克，一个距离俄勒冈州边境一英里的乡村小镇的居民中引起了如此多的焦虑。美国国立卫生研究院和环境保护局的专家顾问以及该机构的科学家自己都认为该实验几乎无害。当测试提案正在接受联邦审查时，Lindow和大学会见了当地官员和种植者，解释了实验，发现几乎没有阻力。去年1月，一家名为奥克兰高级遗传科学的生物技术公司计划进行类似的实验，在蒙特雷县发生抗议活动后，他们加倍努力。最近，一位蒙特利县居民在图莱克田庄会议上发言反对这项测试，引发了图莱克市民的抗议。林多在接受电话采访时说，他的出现对林多来说并不知情，所以”没有反驳的机会”。他和大学现在
" It's really very perplexing," says Steven Lindow, a scientist at the University of California at Berkeley who wants to field test microbes altered to curtail frost forma-tion on plants. Three weeks ago, Lindow, after waiting nearly 2 years, won federal approval to conduct the experiment on potato plants, but he still cannot proceed be-cause local opposition is mounting. As a result of localpublic sentiment, the university has temporarily withdrawn its permission to proceed with the experiment. And, on 2 June, the board of supervisors of Modoc County where one of the test sites is located, passed a resolution requesting that the test be delayed.Lindow is frustrated andsurprised that the test has generated so much anxiety among residents ofTulelake, California, a rural town located a mile from the Oregon border. The experiment has been judged to be virtually harmless by expert advisers to the the National Institutes of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency, and agency scientists themselves. While the test proposal was under federal review, Lindow and the university met with local officials and growers to explain the experiment and found little resistance. They redoubled their efforts after protestserupted in Monterey County last January over a similar experi-ment planned by a biotechnology company, Advanced Genetic Sciences of Oakland. Protests among Tulelake citizens were sparked after a Monterey County resident recently spoke against the test at a Tulelake Grange meeting. His appearance was unbe-known to Lindow, so" there was no chance for rebuttal," Lindow said in a telephone interview. He and the university are now