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Talking About a Revolution |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT--FUTURE SCIENCE |
| Author: Christine Rosen |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2007 |
| Size: 2,086 Words, 14,003 Characters |
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BIOEVOLUTION: HOW BIOTECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING OUR WORLD
Michael Fumento
Encounter Books, 2003, 532 pages, $28.95
There is something odd about someone describing a child as having “excellent potential,” as the distance between potential and actual achievement often turns out to be more like a chasm than a gulch. It would not be surprising, then, to hear that the public’s high expectations for the biotechnology industry have been for naught--that this scientific prodigy was, in the end, merely average. That is far from the case, argues Michael Fumento in his new book Bioevolution. “I believe that biotechnology is more promising than we can even imagine,” he writes. According to Fumento, biotech is one industry that will reach--and possibly even exceed--its potential.
The author of groundbreaking books on AIDS, obesity, and pollution, Fumento, a fellow at the Hudson Institute, is well known for taking contrarian positions on controversial issues. He has taken on “junk science” claims about the pesticide Alar, the dangers of silicone breast implants, and second-hand smoke. Fumento has even been bold enough to challenge a recent darling of American culture: the supposedly foolproof and wildly popular Atkins diet. Fumento has been our delightfully cranky conscience on many a media-generated health scare, and he describes himself proudly in this book as a professional...
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