Genetically Modified and Irradiated Food: Controversial Issues: Facts Versus Perceptions

Andersen, Veslemoy (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0128172401 / ISBN 13: 9780128172407

Published by Academic Pr, 2020

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298 pages. 9.00x7.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Genetically Modified and Irradiated Food: Controversial Issues: Facts Versus Perceptions
• Publisher: Academic Pr
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128172401
• ISBN 13: 9780128172407
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.8 kilograms

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Synopsis

Genetically Modified and Irradiated Food: Controversial Issues: Facts versus Perceptions explains the technologies used in these processes so they can be understood by those in general public health, scientific organizations, politicians and opinion makers/policymakers. The facts presented include a massive amount of scientific evidence that these technologies are safe and can be beneficial. Because the world is facing a future with an increasing number of people, new technologies are needed to ensure enough safe and healthy food, thus technologies that have the potential to dramatically increase the availability of safe and healthy food should be welcomed by everybody.

• Includes references to science based research on GMOs
• Explains the technologies in a clear way that can be understood by the general public
• Includes a massive amount of scientific evidence that these technologies are safe and can be beneficial

About the Author

Veslemøy Andersen graduated from the Department of Microbiology at the University of Oslo, Norway. She has been working as a microbiologist at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway, at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, and at the University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.