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To subscribe, E-mail the words . . The Wistar Institute of Philadelphia, the nation's oldest biomedical research institution, says it ran experiments in biotechnology in Argentina in the summer of 1986 without the knowledge or approval of the U.S. or Argentine governments. The Institute said it was able to perform field testing of genetically engineered vaccines for animals without informing either government because Argentina has no rules governing the biotechnology industry and U.S. rules do not apply. The Institute worked in conjunction with the Pan American Health Organization. The authorities said Ciba-Geigy, which operates a large plant in Toms River, NJ, had sent 88 gallons of the weedkiller Atrazin into the Rhine river from a treatment plant on Oct. 31, a day before a fire at the Sandoz plant leaked 30 tons of toxins.