Designer food:mutant harvest or breadbasket of the world?
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Published: |
Rowman & Littlefield,
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Publisher Address: | Lanham, MD |
Publication Dates: | 2002. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xii, 233 p.: ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: | 0742508390 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | S188 |
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S188 TS201.1 TS201.6 |
Call Number: | TS201.6/P397 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-226) and index. Organic versus genetically modified food -- The politics of genetically modified food -- Four perspectives on food -- Europe and Mad Cow Disease -- Is genetically modified food safe? -- Genetically modified crops, environmental ethics, and ecofascism -- Why genetically enhanced food will help to end starvation -- Will genetically modified crops hurt the environment? -- Six concluding reflections -- Appendix: Groups advocating food policy. |