2003N-0573
  

  
Draft Animal Cloning Risk Assessment
  


  

  

  


  

  
FDA Comment Number : 
  

  
EC330
  



  

  
Submitter : 
  

  
Ms. Laura Briere
  

  
Date & Time: 
  

  
01/03/2007 02:01:41
  



  

  
Organization : 
  

  
Ms. Laura Briere
  



  

  
Category : 
  

  
Individual Consumer
  



  

  
Issue Areas/Comments 
  


  

  


  

  
GENERAL
  


  

  



  

  
GENERAL
  


  

  



  

  
 I believe this should be researched FAR longer before it is wide spread for human consumption.  We simply do not have all the facts, one of which, long-term effects.  <b>Five years is, by no measure, 'long-term.'</b> <p>



If this is to come to be, all meats/dairy products should be labeled as cloned so that the consumer has a choice on whether or not to eat the cloned product.  This should also be the case at restaurants.  The consumer has the right to make a choice about what they put into their bodies  and proper disclosure supports that right. <p>



In light of human nature's tendency to leap at what sounds good and logical at the time without enough research into the long-term effects (i.e.: fossil-fuels; global warming), I am very concerned and oppose this strongly.  We have done quite enough to destroy the planet, the other inhabitants and our very own bodies.  At a minimum, we need to make the right decision here and wait until we have very long-term testing; a lifespan.  It's simply not ready.<p>



What impacts, if any, will this have on...

<ol><li>the elderlies' bodies?</li>

<li>our longevity?</li>

<li>ability to reproduce?</li>

<li>susceptibility to cancers, etc?</li>

<li>normal immune systems?</li>

<li>morality as a culture?</li>

<li>our views of human cloning? - Will we be desensitized by the idea in 20 or so years so that we then think it's OK?</li></ol><p>



Thank you for the opportunity to submit my views.