The 1997 Kyoto Accord on global warming required industrial countries to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide, but President Bush recently reneged on the treaty on the ground it was unfair to the United States. The European Union and other powers, convinced that it s above all the carbon dioxide that makes average temperatures creep up and Earth s ice caps melt at their borders are sharply critical of Washington s stance. Farmers developed grafting methods and crossbred animals already in the stone age. Modern genetic science has opened a new vast field for biotechnology. Many Europeans, however, unaware that they have been eating gmo-based food all the time, are distrustful, dreading unpleasant and outright dangerous effects of the new genetic tinkering.
More research is advisable.
The ill-defined concept has brought motley crowds including greens, leftists and anarchists to protest against international economic meetings from Seattle to Davos. Today s collective fears involve farmers, technicians, environmentalists, physicians, biologists and economists. Almost always there is also a political angle. Comments about this story. The Earth Times All rights reserved.