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Autore: | McGiffen Steven P |
Titolo: | Biotechnology : Corporate Power Versus the Public Interest / / by Steven P. McGiffen |
Pubblicazione: | S.l., : Pluto Press, 2005 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina: | 660.6 |
Soggetto topico: | Biotechnology - Government policy |
Biotechnology - Law and legislation | |
Mechanical Engineering | |
Engineering & Applied Sciences | |
Bioengineering | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- The European Union -- THE BARCELONA DECLARATION -- WHAT THE EU CAN AND CANNOT DO -- THE STRANGE CASE OF EUROPE'S UNWANTED GMOs -- FIRST STEPS IN REGULATING GMOs -- FROM FIELD TO FORK: THE NEW LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR GMOs -- SEEDS -- CO-EXISTENCE -- LIABILITY -- ENLARGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION -- THE SIXTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME -- PATENT LAW -- The United States -- BOVINE SOMATROPIN -- THE CORPORATE AGENDA -- REGULATION -- REGULATION AND PUBLIC OPINION -- PHARMING -- PATENTS -- REPRODUCTIVE AND THERAPEUTIC CLONING -- BIOETHICISTS -- REGULATORY CAPTURE -- Other Developed Countries -- CANADA -- AUSTRALIA -- NEW ZEALAND -- SWITZERLAND -- JAPAN -- THE NEWLY INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES -- Developing Countries -- COULD BIOTECH PUT AN END TO HUNGER? -- THE (ATTEMPTED) RAPE OF AFRICA -- INDIA -- ARGENTINA -- BRAZIL -- ISNAR AND OTHERS: THE CARROT TO BUSH'S STICK -- THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION: PRO-BIOTECH PROPAGANDA -- OTHER ADVOCATES OF BIOTECH AS A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT -- THIRD WORLD SCEPTICS -- THE REAL SOLUTION LIES ELSEWHERE -- International Treaties and Agreements -- THE (CARTAGENA) BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY -- OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS TOUCHING ON TRADE IN GMOs -- PROPOSED UNITED NATIONS BAN ON HUMAN CLONING -- UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON THE HUMAN GENOME AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- ATTEMPTS TO CURB BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS -- Conclusion -- GMOs: IRREVERSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF THE WORLD'S FOOD SUPPLY -- MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE -- THE BOTTOM LINE -- Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Biotechnology |
ISBN: | 1-84964-493-4 |
1-281-72528-5 | |
9786611725280 | |
1-4356-6068-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910816462103321 |
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