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- 23 November 1970-January 1972 (Creation)
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2 volumes
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Consists of 2 spiral bound volumes (near duplicates) containing material relating to the work of the Council for Biology in Human Affairs at the Salk Institute. The volumes include proposals and agendas for conferences, outlines for a lecture series, a report on Schistosomiasis by a study group of the Commission for 'Biology and Health', a proposal for a workshop about 'Central Influences on American Life', a summary of a meeting of the 'Biology, Ethics and Law' commission, articles written by members of the Commission for 'Biology, Ethics and Law', papers presented at a conference, a table of contents from a book on food additives (the writer was financially supported by the Salk Institute) and a report on an attempt to establish an international registry of chemical compounds.