LEADER 04571oam 2200709I 450 001 9910455813803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4175-2240-2 010 $a1-136-56785-2 010 $a1-280-47585-4 010 $a9786610475858 010 $a1-84977-103-0 010 $a600-00-0264-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9781849771030 035 $a(CKB)111090529263844 035 $a(EBL)430171 035 $a(OCoLC)55894413 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000140969 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11162071 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140969 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10054703 035 $a(PQKB)10412495 035 $a(OCoLC)647502037 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430171 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430171 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10128920 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL47585 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111090529263844 100 $a20180706d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDon't worry, it's safe to eat $ethe true story of GM food, BSE, & Foot and Mouth /$fAndrew Rowell 210 1$aLondon ;$aSterling, Va. :$cEarthscan Publications,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-00212-7 311 $a1-85383-932-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [220]-260) and index. 327 $aDon't Worry IT'S SAFE TO EAT: THE TRUE STORY OF GM FOOD, BSE & FOOT AND MOUTH; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Safe to Eat; BSE - a distant memory or living nightmare?; Relaxing the rules?; The only certainty is uncertainty; The first BSE outbreak; The Phillips Inquiry; MAFF - the 'Ministry of Truth'; Cover-up and censorship?; A slow policy of sedation; The Southwood Committee; Short-term economics continue to overrule long-term health; Chapter 3 Treated with Derision; Dr Alan Dickinson; Dr Tim Holt; Dr Helen Grant 327 $aProfessor Richard LaceyDr Stephen Dealler; Dr Harash Narang; Mark Purdey; Chapter 4 Silent Spread; Professor Fred Brown; Modelling your way into a mess; Small-holders speak out; To vaccinate or not to vaccinate; The not-so-public, public inquiries; Waste not, want not; Chapter 5 Hot Potato; Dr Arpad Pusztai; The Con A controversy; The 150 seconds that changed the GM debate; The riddle of the Rowett; Why were Pusztai's results so threatening?; The Audit; Chapter 6 The 'Star Chamber'; The Royal Society; The House of Commons Select Committee; The Royal Society Working Group; The Lancet 327 $aThe Royal Society revisitedChapter 7 Stars in their Eyes; The USA; StarLinkTM; Europe; Substantial equivalence; Chapter 8 Immoral Maize; A virtual world; The fall-out continues; Statements for and against; When is a retraction not a retraction?; Is GM contamination beneficial?; Chapter 9 Science for Sale; Realigning the Research Councils; What commercialization means for science; Corruption of integrity?; The degradation of science; Chapter 10 Whitehall Whitewash; The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; The Food Standards Agency 327 $aChapter 11 Towards Safe Food and Public Interest ScienceTowards safe and sustainable food; Public interest science; Notes; Index 330 $aAn investigation of science, politics and our food production system, this text exposes the bogus science, political interference and flawed policies that threaten our food supply. The author tells the story of BSE, revealing how top scientists have been muzzled and how the epidemic continues. Then, against a backdrop of burning cows, Andrew Rowell exposes how trade and macro-economic policies overruled good science in the foot and mouth catastrophe. He also opens the black box of the so-called GM revolution to expose the myth behind the marketing. In tracing how critics are silenced in the bo 606 $aGenetically modified foods$zGreat Britain 606 $aBovine spongiform encephalopathy$zGreat Britain 606 $aFoot-and-mouth disease$zGreat Britain 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGenetically modified foods 615 0$aBovine spongiform encephalopathy 615 0$aFoot-and-mouth disease 676 $a363.19/2/0941 700 $aRowell$b Andrew$f1965-,$0938610 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455813803321 996 $aDon't worry, it's safe to eat$92115105 997 $aUNINA