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1 online resource (280 pages) |
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Seeds -- In the heat of the day -- The regulators -- Of butterflies and weeds -- It only moves forward -- Saving the family farm -- Saving the bugs -- Anything under the Sun -- There'll always be an England -- For the good of mankind -- Risks real or imagined |
| Summary |
With genetically modified crops we have entered uncharted territory - where visions of the triumph of biotechnology in agriculture vie with views of medical and environmental disaster. Through his portrayal of passions on all sides, Mark Winston brings an unbiased perspective to this landscape |
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With genetically modified crops we have entered uncharted territory--where visions of the triumph of biotechnology in agriculture vie with dire views of medical and environmental disaster. For two years Mark L. Winston traveled this fraught territory at home and abroad, listening to farmers, industry spokespeople, regulators, and researchers, canvassing high-security laboratories, environmentalist enclaves, and cyberspace, making a thorough survey of the facts, opinions, and practices deployed by opponents and proponents of transgenic crops. Through his sympathetic portrayal of the passions on all sides, Winston brings a clear, unbiased perspective to this bewildering landscape. Traveling with Winston, we see the excitement and curiosity that pervade laboratories developing genetically modified crops, as well as the panic and outrage among dedicated opponents of agricultural biotechnology; the desperation of conventional farmers as they look to science for solutions to the problems driving them from their farms, as well as the deeply held values of organic farmers who dread the incursion of genetically modified crops into their expanding enterprise. And, Winston shows us, these contrasting attitudes transcend national borders, with troubling counterparts and consequences in the developing world. As he seeks a middle ground where concerns about genetic engineering can be rationally discussed and resolved, Winston gives us, at long last, a full and balanced view of the forces at play in the chaotic debate over agricultural biotechnology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Food -- Biotechnology.
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Genetically modified foods.
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Agricultural biotechnology.
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Food, Genetically Modified
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Food Science.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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Agricultural biotechnology
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Food -- Biotechnology
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Genetically modified foods
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Landwirtschaft
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Lebensmittel
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Transgener Organismus
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Voedselproductie.
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Voedselveiligheid.
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Genetische manipulatie.
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Landwirtschaft.
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Lebensmittel.
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Transgener Organismus.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780674045248 |
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0674045246 |
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