Dr. Don Lotter recently published articles questioning the wisdom of use of genetic engineering to produce food crops and whether a profit motive corrupts the scientific process.

Lotter, D. 2009. 

The Genetic Engineering of Food and the Failure of Science

– Part 1: The Development of a Flawed Enterprise. Int. Jrnl. of Soc. of Agr. & Food 16(1): 31-49 Lotter, D. 2009.  The Genetic Engineering of Food and the Failure of Science

– Part 2: Academic Capitalism and the Loss of Scientific Integrity.

Int. Jrnl. of Soc. of Agr. & Food 16(1): 50–68.

To  learn more about what genetic engineering is and about these arguments read these for yourself and or see a video ( www.video.google.com ).

Part 1: The Development of a Flawed Enterprise

         http://www.ijsaf.org/archive/vol16(1)-09/articles/lotter1.pdf

Part 2: Academic Capitalism and the Loss of Scientific Integrity

         http://www.ijsaf.org/archive/vol16(1)-09/articles/lotter2.pdf

To learn more about the author see http://donlotter.net/resume03.html