Greetings
        I am sorry, but science cannot be separated from life and life involves politics. Science without a moral and social conscience is like a car with no driver.
        Science has gotten so technical that only specialists in each field can comprehend the experiments and results. So we must rely on these very people to monitor themselves.
        Can those people foresee the consequences of what they do? Did Warwick Kerr foresee the effect of introducing a few queen bees into Brazil?
        A recent Scientific American devoted much ink to its cover story: The BioTech Gold Rush. That's how *they* see it: big money to be made from altering the basic genetic codes of organisms.
        Is this harmless? Do *you* know? Must we wait and see? *I think* these people are disturbing one of the most sacred areas of life and we will all suffer the consequences.

Peter Borst
Ithaca NY  USA