Genetically Engineered Foods : Changing the Nature of Nature : What You Need to Know to Protect Yourself, Your Family, and Your Planet,9780892818884

Genetically Engineered Foods : Changing the Nature of Nature : What You Need to Know to Protect Yourself, Your Family, and Your Planet

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ISBN13: 9780892818884
ISBN10: 0892818883
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-10-01
Publisher(s): Inner Traditions Intl Ltd
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Summary

This revised and updated second edition is both an expos? and educational primer on this controversial technology that is already a part of every American's diet.

Author Biography

Martin Teitel, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Council for Responsible Genetics, a national nonprofit organization of concerned scientists, doctors, and activists founded in 1983 to foster public debate about the social, ethical, health, economic, and environmental implications of genetic technology. Kimberly A. Wilson directs the council's Program on Commercial Biotechnology and the Environment.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Foreward ix
Introduction 1(5)
Hijacked Dinner
How Genetic Engineering Works
6(13)
What's in Your Grocery Cart?
19(24)
You are What You Eat
43(15)
Your Right to Know
58(16)
Food Fights
74(10)
Fields of Green: Farming and Biotech
84(17)
Crossing Swords with an Angel
101(7)
What the Future Holds
108(10)
The Light at the End of the Tunnel: What You Can Do
118(20)
Appendix A: Organic Seed Saving 138(4)
Appendix B: Related Web Sites 142(5)
Appendix C: Organizations 147(5)
Notes 152(10)
Suggested Reading 162(8)
Index 170

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