The GreenplanetFM Podcast with Tim Lynch

There is documented evidence into the unpredictability of genetic engineering. Yet there is mounting pressure for new gene technologies to be used with no regulatory supervision. Gene editing is the genetic alteration of the natural world. They are a stage after genetic engineering. Whatever the size of a change made inside a cell, and some scientists like to say they are very small changes, how can messing with DNA be a safe thing to do, when we increasingly realise the connection between living things. Organisms are self organising complex systems and so how can it be possibly safe to manipulate and mess with our food and animals? Prominent International AdvocateDr Jonathan Latham is a prominent international advocate for public interest science. He is co-founder and Executive Director of the Bioscience Resource Project and the Editor of Independent Science News and Director of the Poison Papers. He is recently been in New Zealand on a speaking tour. Dr Latham holds a Masters degree in Crop Genetics and a P