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Genetically Modified Food: A Short Guide For the Confused
Andy Rees
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Description for Genetically Modified Food: A Short Guide For the Confused
Hardback. The perfect guide for anyone who wants to know more about genetically modified crops -- and why they're a problem Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: KNDF; MBNH2; RNT; TVB; WB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
Written by a leading campaigner for GM Watch, one of the world's leading lobbying groups, this book reveals the huge issues that are at stake.
Genetically modified food has been headline news for years, but it's difficult to know how far the genetic revolution has affected our lives. Is the food on our shelves free of genetically engineered ingredients? How much power do food corporations wield? Andy Rees provides the answers. He shows that, while corporations that produce genetically modified food have met with resistance in Europe, their hold on the US market is strong. They're ... Read more
Written by a leading campaigner for GM Watch, one of the world's leading lobbying groups, this book reveals the huge issues that are at stake.
Genetically modified food has been headline news for years, but it's difficult to know how far the genetic revolution has affected our lives. Is the food on our shelves free of genetically engineered ingredients? How much power do food corporations wield? Andy Rees provides the answers. He shows that, while corporations that produce genetically modified food have met with resistance in Europe, their hold on the US market is strong. They're ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745324401
SKU
V9780745324401
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About Andy Rees
Andy Rees is the author of Genetically Modified Food: A Short Guide For the Confused (Pluto, 2006) The Pocket Green Book: The Environmental Crisis in a Nutshell (Zed, 1991) and former editor of GM Watch's Weekly Watch.
Reviews for Genetically Modified Food: A Short Guide For the Confused
'A precise and accessible guide to the biotech industry's destructive control over our food'
Green Shopping Catalogue 'The book reveals evidence and proof against the claims that GM food is beneficial for people, and, rather, illuminates the advantages for big businesses of GM food, seed patenting, and agribusiness'
Oxfam 'Highly recommended!'
Dr Arpad Pusztai, the world's leading ... Read more
Green Shopping Catalogue 'The book reveals evidence and proof against the claims that GM food is beneficial for people, and, rather, illuminates the advantages for big businesses of GM food, seed patenting, and agribusiness'
Oxfam 'Highly recommended!'
Dr Arpad Pusztai, the world's leading ... Read more