Pandora's Picnic Basket: The Potential and Hazards of Genetically Modified Foods - Softcover

McHughen, Alan

 
9780198507147: Pandora's Picnic Basket: The Potential and Hazards of Genetically Modified Foods
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0198507143 ISBN 13: 9780198507147
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 2000

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Alan McHughen is a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Saskatchewen, Canada, and Chair of the International Biosafety Advisory Committee Executive of the Genetics Society of Canada. He is an independent scientist at a public university in Canada - and not in the pocket of any of the commercial GMO companies. However he has developed a GM crop - linseed - and therefore has first-hand experience of the technologies involved, and the regulatory processes in all countries.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198507143
ISBN 13 
9780198507147
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
277