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Article: EDITORIAL: Mother Nature Is No Lab.(Editorial)
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- Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT)
- Article date:
- August 20, 2006
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Aug. 20--Given the latest criticisms of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's inept handling of genetically modified crops, comparisons to Pandora's box are inevitable. Pandora, as a version of the Greek legend goes, was the first mortal woman. And what a stunner: Epimetheus (a titan, no less) fell in love with her. Zeus gave her a box as a dowry. Suspecting Zeus was up to something, however, Epimetheus warned her not to open it. But Pandora's curiosity got the better of her. She raised the lid, releasing all misfortunes onto the world including disease, sorrow, poverty, crime, despair and greed. Genetically modified crops may not fall into the category of ...