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

• Autore: Mills Lisa Nicole <1967->
• Pubblicazione: Montrǎl, QC, CAN, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 20020101; McGill-Queen's University Press
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 pages)
• Disciplina: 636.2/0892405
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Science and Social Context: The Regulation of Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone in North America
• ISBN: 1-282-86052-6; 9786612860522; 0-7735-7027-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782620003321
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