The NY Times article is about contamination due to chemicals leaching

1. The NY Times article is about contamination due to chemicals leaching from a landfill in upstate NY, prompting a complicated and costly monitoring system to safeguard the groundwater. In this article, Professor Paula Mouser advocates for an alternative: using metagenomic technologies for monitoring landfills.
2. If you had to argue either for or against using metagenomic technologies for monitoring the landfill in your community, what could you say to your town council about the benefits, risks, and costs of using metagenomics to keep your community from being contaminated?

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/01/18/18greenwire-is-that-old-dump-leaking-ask-the-bugs-16711.html