Articles from World Watch (July 1, 2002)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
A landmark issue. (Note From a Worldwatcher).	Ayres, Ed	Brief Article	687
A medical geneticist's view. (The Risks of the Rush).	Billings, Paul R.	Brief Article	374
A new racism: just when we thought apartheid had been banished for good.	Gordimer, Nadine	Brief Article	731
Beyond cloning: the larger agenda of human engineering. (Introduction).	Bell, Dick		1773
Biopirates and the poor.	Shiva, Vandana	Brief Article	335
Court case against Shell can proceed. (Environmental Intelligence).	Larson, Vanessa	Brief Article	333
Deceptive promises of cures for disease: the great majority of the world's diseases are caused by environmental, not genetic, conditions. A frenzied search for genetic therapies could steal resources from billions in order to serve only a few.	Sexton, Sarah		1946
E.U., U.S. pledge to increase development assistance. (Environmental Intelligence).	Bast, Elizabeth	Brief Article	281
From readers.		Brief Article	1355
In defense of nature, human and non-human. (In Defense of Nature).	Fukuyama, Francis		1565
Larsen B ice shelf breaks off from Antarctic Peninsula. (Environmental Intelligence).	Larson, Vanessa	Brief Article	307
Making well people "better". (The Risks of the Rush).	Mooney, Pat		2260
Matters of Scale: The Birds.		Statistical Data Included	206
Send in the clones? (Editorial).	Prugh, Thomas	Brief Article	450
The genome as a commons: through all the trials and tribulations of human history, what binds us in the end is our common humanity. (The Risks of the Rush).	Darnovsky, Marcy		2356
The human rights perspective. (The Risks of the Rush).	Isasi, Rosario	Brief Article	177
The new eugenics: it used to be forced sterilization, and the experiments of Dr. Mengele. Now it's genetic technology and the free market. The people who dream of creating a superior race are back.	Dorsey, Michael		1430
The science and politics of genetically modified humans: will new genetic technologies be carefully controlled for their benefits--or will they inadvertently destroy civil society? Say hello to the post-human ideology.	Hayes, Richard	Brief Article	967
The war of words and images: some of civilization's most powerful art has sprung from humanity's most anguishing crises, and the pending crisis of human genetic modification is no exception. (The Risks of the Rush).	Halweil, Brian		1742
U.S. computer waste is poisoning Asia. (Environmental Intelligence).	McGinn, Anne Platt	Brief Article	307
Views from around the world. (The Risks of the Rush).		Brief Article	904
What human genetic modification means for women: supporters of the new eugenics want it framed as an issue of "choice." But feminists know we can support abortion rights and still oppose eugenics. (The Risks of the Rush).	Levine, Judith		2630
Why environmentalists should be concerned: humans have dangerously destabilized the Earth's ecological system. If we now begin altering our evolved interdependence with nature, we will only accelerate the destabilization. (Environmentalists).	McKibben, Bill		1368