Redesigning Life?: The Worldwide Challenge to Genetic Engineering - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1856498344 ISBN 13: 9781856498340

Publisher: Zed Books, 2001

Synopsis

In today's world genetic engineering, animal cloning and new reproductive technologies are being promoted as the keys to a brighter future. But plenty of farmers, scientists, and concerned citizens disagree. Growing evidence shows that genetically engineered foods are hazardous to our health and the environment. Animal cloning and human genetic engineering raise troubling ethical questions. This book examines the hidden hazards, and controversy, of these new genetic technologies.

About this title

About the Author

Brian Tokar has been an activist since the 1970s, and is currently a faculty member at Goddard College and the Institute for Social Ecology in Vermont.

Review

In this wide-ranging collection, scientists and activists discuss the pressing issues growing out of the wanton commercialization of the life sciences. With clear and up-to-date examples, the authors illustrate the dangers inherent in the unfettered manipulation of plant, animal and human biology for health and societal well-being. Ruth Hubbard, Professor Emerita of Biology at Harvard University, Board Member of the Council for Responsible Genetics, and author of Exploding the Gene Myth.

Edition details

• Publisher: Zed Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1856498344
• ISBN 13: 9781856498340
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Tokar Brian