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Eat Your Genes describes the genetic engineering techniques used in agriculture. It explores the food industry's commercial motivations, why certain crop modifications have predominated, and the importance of patenting to the genetic engineering enterprise.
This book explains how crop segregation and labelling are central to the debate, and outlines the development of consumer resistance to the marketing of GM food in Europe. The potential health and ecological risks, the ethical issues, and the implications for both industrialized and developing countries are examined.
The author argues that genetic engineering is still a long way from meeting its promises of feeding the world's hungry and contributing to a more eco-friendly agriculture. As the public debate over the desirability of GM food continues, this is the book to help you think through what is involved.
Table of Contents
1. A Brief History of Agricultural Improvements and the Arrival of Genetic Engineering
2. What is Genetic Engineering?
3. Milking It: Increasing Yields and the Pharming of Proteins
4. Herbicide Resistant Crops
5. Insect Resistant Crops and a Modified Insect Baculovirus
6. Designer Food and Engineered Plants
7. Ecological Risks
8. Risks to Human Health
9. Some Ethical and Moral Issues
10. The Lucrative Art of Patenting
11. Regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms and Food Products
12. Marketing Approval for Genetically Modified Foods in Europe
13. The Consuming Question of Labelling
14. Impacts on the Third World
15. Prospects for Genetically Modified Food
Product details
| Published | Apr 01 2003 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Extent | 244 |
| ISBN | 9781842773475 |
| Imprint | Zed Books |
| Dimensions | 216 x 138 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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