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The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 Thank you for your letter of Nwember 21, 1968, reporting on the 127th meeting of the Advisory Committee for Biologp and Medicine. The Commfttee's comments on the Plowshare Program are greatly Plowshare techniques t o various uses by private enterprise are plosive and radioactivity containment techniques will be developed, and are working to that end. seek the a dt ive participation of other governmental agencies and private firms in our development program. Your comments regarding the potential application of We, too, are hopeful that appropriate exAs you suggest, we shall continue to We note with interest also that the AOBM believes there is insuf - fic i ent public awareness far the need of continued testing in the weapons development program. As you may have noticed,a more open information program was employed for the December 19, 1968, BEHHAM o n - slte news media observation of the test. our participation in scientific and technical publications and meetings better to acquaint the scientific community with our weapons test programs. We also plan a more active information program for the general public and the news media. This included lay level and technical briefings as well as We plan to increase As you know, Section 33 of the Atomic Energy Act was amended last year to per n it us to use our facilities and scientific and technical . * resources t o assist other Federal agencies, as well as other governmental institutions and private parties,in the fields of protection of public health and safety, under certain conditions. include the pollution field. As a result,there is already cons in der able interest inthe study of pollution making use of technical competence a t Argonne, Brookhaven and Oak Ridge National Laboratories, and those laboratories are actively collaborating with other agencies by carrying on projects and by discussing various other potential projects. The Committee's suggestion that the attention of other agencies might be drawn to the possible use of aerial monitoring
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equipment such as uh in the ARMS (Aerial Radiological Monitoring Service) Program is an excellent one. We will be happy to call attention to this type of monitoring for other than radioactive pollutants in areas where w e have contact with the Department of Health, Educatton, and Welfare and the Department of Interior. It may interest you to learn that the staff of the Division of Biology and Medicine have already had discussions with representatives of the National Science Foundation regarding the possfbility of using the DBM'a samplfng cape bil it yin the aerobiology part of the International Biological Program. The Cornmisston will look forward to receiving the report on your next meeting scheduled f o r January 10-11, 2969, i n Washington, D.C.