Post Modern Science - More Harm than Good?

http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/01/29/public-and-scientists-views-on-science-and-society/

On many of these issues/topics - the general public does have more common sense than do many scientists who consider themselves and their opinions more informed or more intelligent, superior - almost like a new religion of secular priests. Most scientists are specialists in whatever academic field/pursuit they chose. Meaning outside of of their one small aspect/specialty that they have spent many years studying - they know as much or even less than the general public about any given subject. I know this from my own science degree courses in college and grad school, as I was an older student and better read than many young PhD candidate adjuncts that taught science courses. And often the older tenure professors were not up to speed on the latest discoveries in science - resting on their laurels.

Science is a double edge sword - for every good thing it has done for humanity - it has done equally bad things, and at this point in the 21st century, more harm than good. It used to be (100 years ago) that if some irresponsible humans did stupid deadly things - it would only harm them and the unfortunates that lived close to them. Now in the post modern world - scientists have unleashed huge amounts of all sorts of toxic poisons into the environment and poisoned us all. There is no escape. Whether it be nuclear fall out/waste, 80,000 untested petrol based toxic chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, artificial food preservatives & additives, GMOs, plastics, billions of toxic gadgets polluting landfills, etc etc and on and on - surely these mostly untested molestations of nature are linked to the sky rocketing cancer rates and myriad of new diseases affecting mostly the youth that were unlucky in being born during this time period and weaned on toxic food stuffs and polluted waters with an average of 15 industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals - all of us have these cancerous chemicals flowing in our blood - this does not include all the air and acidic ocean pollution as well.

The Pandora's box was opened long ago and there is no turning back, but surely we can have better longitudinal studies on health effects of whatever toxic product is introduced into the free market, and surely we need more government oversight of all the irresponsible scientists/major labs around the world that figure things out - like how to transmit plagues and then put that data/information into the public media for all to see. Zero common sense and are these discoveries really beneficial? More ethics courses should be mandatory for all science students in higher education, because based on how messed up the world has become in a relatively short time - scientists and the evil corporations that direct them like puppets on strings (sound familiar?) need to be reeled in before some dramatic and horrible event happens to not just humans, but the entire planet of living entities.

Wake up and smell the toxic sludge! It's all around you and inside of you waiting to metastasize! Thanks irresponsible myopic scientists.