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GMOs Decoded - A Skeptic's View of Genetically Modified Foods (Hardcover)
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GMOs Decoded - A Skeptic's View of Genetically Modified Foods (Hardcover)
Series: Food, Health, and the Environment
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List price R699
Loot Price R569
Discovery Miles 5 690
You Save R130 (19%)
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The debate over genetically modified organisms: health and safety
concerns, environmental impact, and scientific opinions. Since they
were introduced to the market in the late 1990s, GMOs (genetically
modified organisms, including genetically modified crops), have
been subject to a barrage of criticism. Agriculture has welcomed
this new technology, but public opposition has been loud and
scientific opinion mixed. In GMOs Decoded, Sheldon Krimsky examines
the controversies over GMOs-health and safety concerns,
environmental issues, the implications for world hunger, and the
scientific consensus (or lack of one). He explores the viewpoints
of a range of GMO skeptics, from public advocacy groups and
nongovernmental organizations to scientists with differing views on
risk and environmental impact. Krimsky explains the differences
between traditional plant breeding and "molecular breeding" through
genetic engineering (GE); describes early GMO products, including
the infamous Flavr Savr tomato; and discusses herbicide-, disease-,
and insect-resistant GE plants. He considers the different American
and European approaches to risk assessment, dueling scientific
interpretations of plant genetics, and the controversy over
labeling GMO products. He analyzes a key 2016 report from the
National Academies of Sciences on GMO health effects and considers
the controversy over biofortified rice (Golden Rice)-which some saw
as a humanitarian project and others as an exercise in public
relations. Do GMO crops hold promise or peril? By offering an
accessible review of the risks and benefits of GMO crops, and a
guide to the controversies over them, Krimsky helps readers judge
for themselves.
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