Rachel Carson's Advice On The Eve Of The California Labeling Vote: Why Smart Environmentalists Back GM Foods
Monday, September 10, 2012 - 07:10
in Mathematics & Economics
Fifty years ago, marine biologist Rachel Carson ignited the modern environmental movement with the publication of Silent Spring. It was an ecological alarm call – an attack on what she believed was the overuse of pesticides and the potential harm they might cause to humans and wildlife – and a call for a progressive, science-focused view of modern agriculture and food.Her deeper, ecological message is often overlooked by her most ardent supporters. It should be front and center as Californians prepare to go the polls in November to decide the fate of Proposition 37 – which would introduce mandatory labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods into the United States for the first time. read more