A Consumer'S Guide To Gm Food From Green Genes To Red Herrings - Tapa blanda

Mchughen, Alan

 
9780198507147: A Consumer'S Guide To Gm Food From Green Genes To Red Herrings
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ISBN 10: 0198507143 ISBN 13: 9780198507147
Editorial: Oxford University Press, 2000

Sinopsis

Are you concerned about genetically modified (GM) food? Are you worried about the impact of GMOs on the environment or on your own health? Will genetic engineering really help to eradicate starvation and malnutrition? The issue of genetically modified foods has fast become one of the most debated - and polarized - issues of recent years. However, in spite of the great heat generated by the debate, it remains difficult for consumers to find an unbiased source of information on the subject. This book aims to provide consumers with all the information they need to make an informed decision about the risks and benefits of genetically modified food. In an accessible and lively manner, the book explains: • the technologies underlying GM food • 'natural' methods of plant breeding and production and how they compare with GM technology • the safeguards put in place by regulators; around the world-are they sufficient? • the honesty and usefulness of labelling • health and environmental issues arising out of GM technology • the truth behind some of the scare stories • how consumers can seek to avoid GMOs if they so choose By the end of the book, you will be able to decide whether to support or challenge this technology, the products of which are increasingly pervasive.

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Reseña del editor

Are you surprised to know that there are fish genes in some tomatoes? That brazil nut genes in soybeans can result in potentially lethal allergic reactions? That rapeseed plants bred to be resistant to herbicides could become uncontrollable superweeds? You are not alone. The issue of genetically modified foods has fast become one of the most debated of the late 20th century, with scientists and companies seeking to develop the technology on one side, and consumer groups and environmentalists on the other. However, in spite of the great heat generated by the debate, there is very little real information on the subject, either about the technologies in use or about the regulatory processes established to approve the processes and the products. This book sets out to explain, in clear and direct language, the technologies underlying so-called genetically modified food, and compares them with other "natural" methods of plant breeding and production. The author then looks at the safeguards in place from regulators around the world and asks whether these are sufficient.

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Editorial
Oxford University Press
Año de publicación
2000
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0198507143
ISBN 13 
9780198507147
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
277
Contacto del fabricante
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