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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791448003321

Autore

Winston Mark L

Titolo

Travels in the genetically modified zone [[electronic resource] /] / Mark L. Winston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-674-04524-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

664

Soggetti

Food - Biotechnology

Genetically modified foods

Agricultural biotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-268) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue 1. Seeds 2. In the Heat of the Day 3. The Regulators 4. Of Butterflies and Weeds 5. It Only Moves Forward 6. Saving the Family Farm 7. Saving the Bugs 8. Anything under the Sun 9. There'll Always Be an England 10. For the Good of Mankind 11. Risks Real or Imagined Selected References Acknowledgments Index

Sommario/riassunto

With genetically modified crops we have entered uncharted territory - where visions of the triumph of biotechnology in agriculture vie with views of medical and environmental disaster. Through his portrayal of passions on all sides, Mark Winston brings an unbiased perspective to this landscape.