Eat your genes, how genetically modified food is entering our diet, Stephen Nottingham
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Eat your genes, how genetically modified food is entering our diet, Stephen Nottingham
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index
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index present
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non fiction
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Eat your genes
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bibliography
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38948291
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Stephen Nottingham
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how genetically modified food is entering our diet
Table Of Contents
Brief history of genetic improvement in agriculture -- What is genetic engineering? -- Milking it: increasing yields and the pharming of proteins -- Herbicide-resistant crops -- Insect-resistant crops and a modified insect baculovirus -- Designer food and engineered plants -- Ecological risks -- Risks to human health -- Some ethical and moral issues -- The lucrative art of patenting -- Regulation of genetically modified organisms and food products -- Marketing approval for genetically modified food in Europe -- The consuming question of labelling -- Impacts on the Third World -- Prospects for genetically modified food
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