036 - Biotech and the Brave New World (Big Money, Bad Science 2)

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Episode #36 - Biotech and the Brave New World (Big Money, Bad Science #2)

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⌚ Sat 11 November 2000  ☻Warren Bell, David Steele, Doreen Stabinsky, Arthur Teuscher, Marcy Darnovsky, Gregor Wolbring

Download Hour1 Download Hour2Scientists and ethicists discuss the precautionary principle, designer babies, medical ethics and neo-eugenics with respect to genetic engineering.

This program features 2 panels from the Big Money Bad Science Teach In recorded in Vancouver, BC 2000-11-10

1. "Science and the Public Interest"
   • Warren Bell, MD: president of Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
   • David Steele, PhD: Geneticist and molecular biologist and columnist for Ithaca Today
   • Doreen Stabinsky, PhD: is science advisor to Greenpeace, Plant geneticist
2. "For Whose Benefit? Biomedical Research-Biomedical, pharmaceuticals, genetic screening, human genome project."
   • Arthur Teuscher, MD: director of the Diabetes Centre at the Lindenhof Hospital in Bern, Switzerland
   • Marcy Darnovsky, PhD: research coordinator at the Exploratory Initiative on the New Human Genetic Technologies
   • Gregor Wolbring, PhD: founder and coordinator of the International Network on Bioethics and Disability
     Music: Seize the Day
     Thanks to Vancouver IMC for the recording
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