How do commercial interests usually protect themselves from liability claims? Through insurance. In fact, in our society, the litmus test for safety is insurance. You can be insured for almost anything if you pay enough for the premium, but if the insurance industry isn't willing to bet its money on the safety of [biotechnology], it means the risks are simply too high or too uncertain for them to take the gamble.
David SuzukiDebating the best way to do something we shouldn't be doing in the first place is a sure way to end up in the wrong place.
David SuzukiWith the world's human population now at seven billion and growing, and the demand for technology and modern conveniences increasing, we can't control all our negative impacts. But we have to find better ways to live within the limits nature and its cycles impose.
David SuzukiEducation has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.
David SuzukiCanada, more than any nation, will be affected by rising sea levels from global warming.
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