PHI 2394 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Soybean, Herbicide, Carcinogen
4 May 2016
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Nelson names 4 main types of controversies: efficiency vs. equity (majority vs. minority, benefits vs. risks (environment, scientific risks vs. freedoms, science (atheism) vs. religion questionable. Used to be a chemical company but made false reports and did things they weren"t supposed to do. One of big leaders in bio related research. Soybean has protein genetically inserted into plant and resistant to roundup, roundup sprayed on plants. Roundup not harmful to humans, animals or environment when properly followed. Used to be one of largest chemical companies of 20th century. Rare for executives or officials in these companies to be held criminally responsible, in most cases the price these companies pay decades later is a fraction of their profits, so it pays to keep their problems a secret. Some would never trust monsanto to tell a problem about pollution. Prof balle studied the effect of roundup on sea life it affected key process in cell division.
