Your publication overemphasizes the microbiological and biotechnical aspects of biology to an almost complete disregard for organismal and environmental biology. Your May 28, 1990, issue is a typical case in point. In an issue that had a large number of articles on improving science education and lauded the work and up-and-coming researchers, the only article that at all emphasized any type of biology above the molecular level was the one about the environmentalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Whi

Elizabeth Pennisi's article "Tokyo Funds Marine Biotechnology Plan" (The Scientist, March 19, 1990, page 1) demonstrated the great interest the Japanese have in developing alternative resources, but also showed what seems to be an all-too-present lack of concern by the Japanese for potential environmental impact. The accompanying flow chart, which lauded the organization and widespread backing for the research effort, was especially revealing. But, nowhere in the chart is there any mention of f