Genetic Engineering and Invasive Species
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Submitted by Unsettling Economics
What follows is not an economic question. I have no expertise in genetic engineering, though I am a skeptic, worried about possible consequences — and even more worried about corporations is having property rights in such matters. Here is the background to my question:
The biological literature is filled with stories of well-meaning people — sometimes based on scientific studies — introducing a new species in order to possibly modify the habitat. The Australian Cane toads are a case in point.
