N.Y. Public Health Law § 3220: Findings

§ 3220. Findings. The legislature finds that new techniques of

genetic manipulation which allow researchers to accomplish exchanges of

genetic material between unlike organisms offer great potential for

expanding human knowledge of genetics but also may present significant

risks to public health, to the environment and to the health of research

workers. These experiments are being conducted at research institutions

in New York, including universities, hospitals and industrial

facilities. Industry plans to mass-produce recombinant organisms should

such organisms be found to have commercial uses. Such research and

production should only be conducted under safe conditions as prescribed

by the commissioner.