PART 7: I HEARD THE VOICE OF A PORKCHOP – THE THEORETICAL PROMISE VERSUS THE ACTUAL PERILS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
Master soil scientist Elaine Ingham describes a genetically modified organisms she discovered in her screening work that if released, could have devastated global plant life. Writer Michael Pollan probes issues from food safety to the evolutionary significance of the power to genetically modify life and Peter Montague reports on grassroots political actions that are beginning to render genetic engineering accountable to the public.
PART 8: LESS IS MORE – TOWARD A ZERO DISCHARGE INDUSTRY
How about creating an industry that emits no poisons into the environment? Direct action eco-heroine Diane Wilson has used civil disobedience to fight such chemical giants as Union Carbide and Dupont. She tried to sink her shrimp boat on Formosa Plastic's toxic effluent pipe and won a zero discharge agreement. Professor of Environmental Engineering Jack Matson tells how chemical plants can and are achieving zero discharge.