Why has there been such strong opposition to genetically altered food in Europe?
Farley: You have smaller nations there so people know where their food is coming from. We don’t know where most of our food is coming from. They also have farmers who need to continue to survive. One problem with genetically engineered seeds is that they may do good things, but they’re also made so they won’t keep re-seeding. You have to keep buying the seeds every year. What about spraying pesticides to contain the West Nile virus. Is that ethical? Levine. The argument has features in common with mandatory fluoridation of water and mandatory vaccination for diphtheria and small pox. Some people said, “I don’t want that,” and the state was able to prevail due to what the law calls a compelling state interest. Now we have a virus that attacks birds and people. Most of the people that get infected with it don’t even know about it, and a small number of them die of it. Here is another question that is not only bringing bioethics, but environmental ethics, into the debate. Why is it import
