Another raging debate is perhaps more significant: that
surrounding the creation of what is called "synthetic biology".
Some advocates of artificial, lab created biology claim this
technology will power the Third Industrial Revolution. Opponents
fear the earth will be covered with a green, machine-make goo
run wild. See discussion here:
The Bio Machine.... a forum for discussion of synthetic
biology, perhaps the single greatest threat to a natural world,
and a more natural way of life. Go to:
http://blog.thebiomachine.com/
The Engineers Approach to Biology, go to http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v7/n1/full/7400607.html