At the risk of taking this thread off topic, I'm going to suggest that it is not the science itself that is the problem, but the application thereof. It is not the fault of the ones searching for answers who have ruined the planet, it the greedy ones who exploited those answers for a variety of reasons. There are many products that were put on the market without the thorough testing required - an obvious example is thalidamide. Is that the fault of the scientists, or the drug company who saw a chance to make a profit?