conceive of all the molecules that Mother Nature has developed," said symposium moderator John H. Cardellina II, of the Council for Responsible Nutrition. (Forbes 28). There are more factors in the rainforest canopy then we can ever measure. Thus the plant must be harvested from nature.Damage to the environment is another factor in this problem. First off every medical company sends out hordes of ‘biological pirates’. They are untrained hunters who locate medical plants, steal the plant, and return them to the company. The tribes that they were taken from receive no credit, and then are moved off to relocation camps. The problem is even worse is when a large supply is found growing. In an effort to create a monopoly on the product, the company will tear a road right up to the supply. The road will kill thousands of species, and perhaps even kill off organisms vital to the plant’s growth and development. Finally there is the damage to the native population. “ There were nine million natives in the rainforest. Than white man brings flu, small pox, and mescals. Now there are twenty thousand natives. Without counting on your fingers, how many did we shove in the hole!?” (Medicine) The sad truth is that researchers are not as careful as they could be when it comes to preventing contamination.When one weighs the differences of natural versus chemical, one can see that natural has all the points. None of the compounds will cancel each other out. It is cheaper and funnier to buy the plants, rather then the pills. However when it comes to not damaging the environment, neither side can take the bow. We have caused Plant much harm, yet he still gives us the cures. God knows what will happen when he stops.Works CitedBen-Ari, Elia T. The Future of Bioprospecting. BioScence, May 2000 v50 i5 p472In text citation: Ben-Ari 472Brace, Matthew “Power Plants (Pharmaceutical industry’s research in medical plants.)&#...
