Wilson kimberley a (5 resultados)

paperback. Condición: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Dicken-Wilson, Kimberley (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Cover shows minor shelf & handling wear. Pages are clean, text and pictures are intact and unmarred.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good.

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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 192 pages. The book that exposes the threat to our food supply from genetic engineering. * Explains the dangers of these foods in easily understood terms. * Provi des a comprehensive guide to actions you can take to safeguard your food supply. Picture a world where the french fries you eat are registered as a pestic ide. Where corn plants kill monarch butterflies. Where soy plants thrive on dose s of herbicide that would kill any normal plant. Where multinational corporation s own the life forms that farmers grow and legally control the farmers' actions. That world exists. The above events are happening, and they are happening to us all. Genetically engineered foods-plants whose genetic structures are altered b y scientists in ways that could never occur in nature--are already present in mo st of the products you buy in supermarkets, unlabeled, unwanted, and largely unt ested. The threat of these organisms to human and environmental health has cause d them to be virtually banned in Europe, yet the U.S. government and a handful o f biotech corporations, working hand-in-hand, have actively encouraged their use while discouraging labeling that might alert consumers to what they are eating. Genetically Engineered Food: Changing the Nature of Nature is the first b ook to take a comprehensive look at the many ramifications of this dangerous sci ence. Authors Martin Teitel and Kimberly Wilson explain what genetic engineering is and how it works, then explore the health risks involved with eating newly c reated lifeforms. They address the ecological catastrophe that could result from these modified plants crossing with wild species and escaping human control alt ogether, as well as the economic devastation that may befall small farmers who f.…