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Subject: Re: Oil-Eating Bacteria
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Date: 18 Sep 89 15:40:48 GMT
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There probably wouldn't be much problem, putting naturally occuring bateria
into the water where and oil spill has just occured, but I would think that
approval for use of geneticly engineered "oil-eating" bacteria is a long way of
f.
Releasing a virtually untested bacteria into the open environment could
have dire unseen consequences.