What is genetic engineering?
What impact will it have on our lives
What issues must we confront?
This video introduces the basic idea of genetic engineering - describing how genes can be transferred from one living thing to another - and briefly shows some of the current applications of the technology in Australia. It then raises some of the ethical and social issues that confront us.
Is it right to interfere with nature?
Is the risk to the environment to great?
Should we use it on humans?
Should companies be allowed to exploit it?
Who should control it?
Some prominent Australians comment on these issues. They are:
Sir Gustav Nossal, medical research director
Dr Robyn Rowland, associate professor of women’s studies
Prof. Peter Singer, Australia’s foremost philosopher
Peter Garrett, singer and environmentalist
Carmel Travers, TV science journalist
Additional comments are provided by Loane Skene, Victorian Law Reform Commissions, Dr Merilyn Sleigh, a genetic engineer from CSIRO, and Dr Edwina Cornish, director of research for a commercial company.
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