Eat your genes : how genetically modified food is entering our diet /
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| Author / Creator: | Nottingham, Stephen, 1960- |
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| Imprint: | New York : Zed Books Ltd, 1998. |
| Description: | xi, 212 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3614792 |
Table of Contents:
- A Brief History of Agricultural Improvements and the Arrival of Genetic Engineering
- What is Genetic Engineering?
- Milking It: Increasing Yields and the Pharming of Proteins
- Herbicide Resistant Crops
- Insect Resistant Crops
- Designer Food and Engineered Plants
- Ecological Risks
- Risks to Human Health
- Some Ethical and Moral Issues
- The Lucrative Art of Patenting
- Regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms and Food Products: USA and UK
- Marketing Approval for Genetically Modified Foods
- The Consuming Question of Labeling
- Impacts on the Third World
- Prospects for Genetically Modified Food
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
