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The "International Committee Against Mars Sample Return",<ref name=ICASMR>[http://www.icamsr.org/ ICAMSR - RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT PLANETARY PROTECTION SINCE 2000]</ref> or ICAMSR, is an advocacy group of scientists who campaign againstto raise awareness of planetary protection issues involved in a [[Mars sample return]]. They have been quoted in news stories about plans for Mars Sample Return.<ref>Richard Stenger [http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/11/07/mars.sample/l Mars sample return plan carries microbial risk, group warns] CNN</ref><ref>Barry E. DiGregorio [http://www.spacedaily.com/news/oped-99m.html Can Martian Microbes Endanger The Earth?]</ref><ref>Jacques Arnould [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lLbfQfW4zzkC&pg=PA174&lpg=PA174&dq=%22International+Committee+Against+Mars+Sample+Return%22&source=bl&ots=M3Egf5HI07&sig=LifCu7kUprMts9qUhrNRAaCPW_c&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yr2dUZ-eBcidO_DygMAI&ved=0CHUQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=%22International%20Committee%20Against%20Mars%20Sample%20Return%22&f=false Icarus' Second Chance: The Basis and Perspectives of Space Ethics ]</ref><ref>Barry E. DiGregorio [http://www.culturechange.org/cms/content/view/380/65/ Another Threat to Earth: "Mars Sample Return"]</ref>{{full|date=May 2013}}
 
The director of ICAMSR is Barry DiGregorio, author of the book "Mars: The Living Planet",<ref>Barry DiGregorio [http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Mars.html?id=2zKEQgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y Mars: The Living Planet] North Atlantic Books, 29 Sep 1997 ISBN 1883319587</ref> a 1997 re-examination of the Viking biology results. Notable advisors include [[Gilbert Levin]] who was responsible for the [[Viking spacecraft biological experiments]], and [[Chandra Wickramasinghe]].<ref>[http://www.icamsr.org/advisors.html ICAMSR Advisors]</ref>