“My hypothesis is that the genome is an internal expression of the ecosystem in which it lives.” Philosophical tract questions wisdom of genetic modification: ‘The relationship between the genetic material of living things and the ecosystems in which they live is

deep and changeable, says Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental

Research in Takoma Park, Maryland. In an essay that is being embraced as an important philosophical

advance by some environmentalists, Makhijani argues that tinkering with genes may upset the

environment in much more complicated and far-reaching ways than have been considered.’ BioMedNet