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...Before becoming president he was sports editor of the paper, writing frequently about football and baseball. Sometimes he blends sports and news; in a two page spread called "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" he shows how Harvard put poisoned corn at the stadium in an attempt to kill off its pigeon population...
...controversy generated by the discovery of the genetically modified corn put both the Japanese and American governments under enormous market pressure to tighten controls on GM organisms. Japan needs 16 million tons of corn a year to satisfy demand, and imports 95 percent of its supply from the United States. With the emergence of genetically modified genes in American grain, Japanese companies were extremely reluctant to buy American corn. In protest of shoddy export controls, Japanese companies boycotted American corn until the American government promised more effective inspection techniques...
...released into the environment, human control over it diminishes greatly. If our scientific assessments on the safety of our technology are wrong--and the StarLink case proves that such things do happen--then there can be no effective, corrective action. Even if the government revokes Aventis' right to plant corn because it causes allergies, the gene can pop up "unexpectedly" throughout the environment over a number of growing seasons. Our loss of long-term manipulative ability is another sign of the insufficiency of modified genomes, and should also encourage us to reject its use as a technology...
Biotechnology is touted as a saving grace of our weird and wired world because it uses "nature" to further human ends. We can grow more "productive" corn, or "cooler" tobacco that glows in the dark. Yet our faith in technological progress should not stop us from relentlessly challenging our motivations and our ends. What are the ends of more "productive" corn and "cooler" tobacco? Are the means we're implementing the most effective ones? And, lest we forget, is the biotechnological innovation a good technology, or is it insufficient? Not only are GM organisms ethically and environmentally questionable, they...
ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES: "Cradles, Corn and Lizards," an interactive experience that lets you explore the cultures, landscape and wildlife of Arizona. "We don't call it a kids' gallery," says Gina Laczko, educational-services manager, "but the hands-on gallery." If your kids are older, Laczko suggests a guided tour of the Native Peoples of the Southwest Gallery. Through February, you can get physical with a sculpture exhibit that's 100% touchable. www.heard.org...