From: Richard Averbach, M.D. [averbach@mum.edu]
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 4:03 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: GMO
The FDA must require mandatory pre-market comprehensive 
 environmental review of GMO foods. Unlike conventional pollutants, 
 where a given amount of pollutant causes a limited amount 
 of damage, a small number of mutant genes could have a 
 population explosion and reproduce forever, causing 
 unlimited and irreparable damage.

Sincerely,

Richard Averbach, M.D.