Show B6 SCIENCEMEDICINE The Salt Lake Tribune Nature vs Money: Paying the Price of Pollution 0 Continued from B-- 5 countings of national wealth Also regulatory commissions in New York and other states are starting to require electric utilities to factor in the cost of emit carbon dioxide ting when deciding how to generate energy Including such external costs favors Gore's side of the argument But economic studies in A general are not so clear-cu- t number of economists say the value of environmental-protectiomeasures can be assessed only on heat-trappin- g U Geneticist Says Dr Botkin views the March of Dimes survey as biased at best because the logical THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE makeup of human cells to improve physical characteristics children would inherit Another 42 approved of using gene therapy to improve inherited intelligence "That smacks of a master race" Dr Botkin stated "It implies intelligence is simply a matter of genetics Our intelligence level is a whole lot more complex than that Except for a few extreme situations it is unclear how useful gene therapy will be to intelligence" Improving education and nutrition and getting lead out of the environment would do the most to increase intelligence he said Margaret P Battin University of Utah philosophy professor and medical ethicist next question terminating pregnancy never came Another survey Dr Botkin did for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation asked about terminating the pregnancy and thP aphe said proval rate was just 29 "Gene testing is done so parents can decide if they want to terminate pregnancy" the medical ethicist stated "Often that isn't discussed adequately up front" Dr Botkin lashed out at the March of Dimes' conclusion that "sizable minorities" approved of changing cell makeup to enhance physical and intellectual character- A survey for the March of Dimes indicates 89 of Americans approve of treating diseases with gene therapy But Jeff Botkin director of University llospitars new genetic science in society program that will provide research and information on ethical legal and social aspects of gene therapy and testing questioned this week how respondents could endorse a concept they knew little about The telephone surveyof1000 adults also indicated 79 would take genetic tests before having children Another 64 would have a test during pregnancy to see if the fetus has a genetic disease 1992 1 Survey Biased Misleads Respondents Gene-Therap- y Jack Fenton By Thursday October istics Pollsters said 43 approved changing said responses to the survey's question about gene therapy for nontherapeutic purposes could be interpreted as preventing retardation "That's different than the desire to build blond hair and blue eyes We're so sensitive about that Nazi stuff" "We tend to be so alert to the possibility of abuse that we overlook the possibilities of really significant gain Worrying so much about abuses that we say 'no' to genetic testing could be a dangerous thing" Ms Battin suggests a balance between advantages and risks of genetic testing But finding that balance may not be easy There has been an "appalling abuse of eugenic or nontherapeutic techniques especially during the Nazi era"she said n a basis "I don't think you can make a case-by-cas- MR e 01 HAVE IT REMINDS YOU broad sweeping conclusion" WS in Motif nAit mbit PREFERREM about the economic value of environmental protection said William Nordhaus of Yale University "There are some net pluses and some net minuses" Among the "good buys" are the controls enacted in the first Clean Air Act of 1970 analyaccording to a sis by Paul R Portney an economist at Resources for the Future a Washington research institute The act placed the first limits on air pollution from smokestacks CARD CAREY A °UMW ASK FOR t I :"' ' WE DON'T HAVE IT 111111 't- -- Lc ' 1- - CAP $ ""141 41L"&s eir BLAZE 1789 C REG -- 0 ): 11 GLOVES I - : filo oil ' : -- ! 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