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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809514503321

Autore

Mills Lisa Nicole <1967->

Titolo

Science and Social Context: The Regulation of Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone in North America [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montrǎl, QC, CAN, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 20020101

McGill-Queen's University Press

ISBN

1-282-86052-6

9786612860522

0-7735-7027-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 pages)

Disciplina

636.2/0892405

Soggetti

Recombinant bovine somatotropin - Government policy - United States

Recombinant bovine somatotropin - Government policy - Canada

Recombinant bovine somatotropin - Economic aspects - Canada

Health Policy

Food Contamination

Milk

Growth Hormone

Cattle

Dairying

Recombinant Proteins

Proteins

Agriculture

Pituitary Hormones, Anterior

Public Policy

Ruminants

Beverages

Dairy Products

Environmental Pollution

Food Safety

Bodily Secretions

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins

Social Control Policies

Food and Beverages

Public Health

Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Artiodactyla

Fluids and Secretions



Food

Pituitary Hormones

Peptide Hormones

Mammals

Environment and Public Health

Policy

Social Control, Formal

Anatomy

Health Care

Sociology

Social Sciences

Peptides

Vertebrates

Health Care Economics and Organizations

Hormones

Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists

Chordata

Animals

Eukaryota

Veterinary Medicine

Animal Sciences

Health & Biological Sciences

Earth & Environmental Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Acronyms -- Overview -- The Economic Context: The Political Economy of Agricultural Biotechnology -- The Political Context in the United States -- The Political Context in Canada -- The Scientific Debate -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

She examines the decision-making processes at Monsanto that led to their making the drug available and discusses corporate, academic, and regulatory decision-making in the context of a restructured global political economy for agriculture. Mills shows that there was consensus about the scientific evidence but interpretation of that evidence differed depending on the context from which it was viewed. Scientists who analysed it for regulatory bodies interpreted it differently than scientists in corporate or academic institutions, and scientists in Canada and Europe interpreted it differently than those in the United States. In the United States it was assumed that any problems arising from its use could be taken care of within the existing dairy system; in Canada and Europe these problems were regarded as legitimate animal welfare issues. While all regulatory bodies agreed that human health problems were unlikely, in Canada the Health Protection Branch questioned this, but ultimately rejected the drug on animal health grounds.