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Title Genetically engineered organisms : assessing environmental and human health effects / edited by Deborah K. Letourneau, Beth Elpern Burrows
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (438 pages) : illustrations
Contents Variability and uncertainty in crop-to-wild hybridization / Terrie Klinger -- Factors affecting the spread of resistant Arabidopsis thaliana populations / Joy Bergelson and Colin B. Purrington -- Bt-crops : evaluating benefits under cultivation and risks from escaped transgenes in the wild / Deborah K. Letourneau, Joy A. Hagen, and Gaden S. Robinson -- Resisting resistance to Bt-corn / David A. Andow -- Ecological risks of transgenic virus-resistant crops / Alison G. Power -- Impacts of genetically engineered crops on non-target herbivores : Bt-corn and monarch butterflies as a case study / John E. Losey, John J. Obrycki, and Ruth A. Hufbauer -- Transgenic host plant resistance and non-target effects / Angelika Hilbeck -- Release, persistence, and biological activity in soil of insectidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis / Guenther Stotzky -- Survival, persistence, transfer : the fate of genetically modified microorganisms and recombinant DNA in different environments / Beatrix Tappeser, Manuela Jäger, and Claudia Eckelkamp -- The spread of genetic constructs in natural insect populations / Henk R. Braig and Guiyun Yan -- Ecological and community considerations in engineering arthropods to suppress vector-borne disease / Andrew Spielman, John C. Beier, and Anthony E. Kiszewski -- Environmental risks of genetically engineered vaccines / Terje Traavik -- Methods to assess ecological risks of transgenic fish releases / William M. Muir and Richard D. Howard -- Controversies in designing useful ecological assessments of genetically engineered organisms / Anne R. Kapuscinski
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Transgenic organisms -- Risk assessment.
Environmental health.
Risk assessment.
Organisms, Genetically Modified -- abnormalities
Environmental Health
Genetic Engineering -- adverse effects
Risk Assessment
risk assessment.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Risk assessment
Environmental health
Transgenic organisms -- Risk assessment
Transgener Organismus
Gesundheitsgefährdung
Umweltgefährdung
Genetische manipulatie.
Organismen.
Milieueffecten.
Gezondheidseffecten.
Biossegurança.
Saúde ambiental.
Saúde pública.
Organismes transgéniques.
Évaluation des risques.
Impact environnemental.
Impact sur la santé
Organisme génétiquement modifié
Risque environnemental.
Risque pour la santé
Form Electronic book
Author Letourneau, Deborah Kay
Burrows, Beth Elpern
LC no. 2001037635
ISBN 1420042033
9781420042030
9781466518995
1466518995