On June 18, 2015 Pope Francis published a 184-page letter declaring our global responsibility toward environmental degradation.  He makes numerous strong statements, backed by research and proclaims

“our immense technological development has not been accompanied by a development in human responsibility, values and conscience.”

This is a complex environmental issue; it calls for a comprehensive approach which would require, at the very least, greater efforts to finance various lines of inde­pendent, interdisciplinary research capable of shedding new light on the problem.”

Pope Francis acknowledges the dangers of pesticides and GMO’s in this letter and also states the necessity for future research to be conducted by independent researchers.   Go Pope Francis!