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Bibliographical information (record 199056) |
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Redesigning life? : |
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the worldwide challenge to genetic engineering / |
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Zed Books ;
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1856498352
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2001.
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QH442 |
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660.6/5 |
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: Challenging Biotechnology / Brian Tokar -- Pt. I. Our Health, our Food and the Environment. 1. From Golden Rice to Terminator Technology: Agricultural Biotechnology Will Not Feed the World or Save the Environment / Martha L. Crouch. 2. Genetically Engineered "Vitamin A Rice": A Blind Approach to Blindness Prevention / Vandana Shiva. 3. Cloning Profits: The Revolution in Agricultural Biotechnology / Sonja A. Schmitz. 4. Genetically Engineered Foods: A Minefield of Safety Hazards / Jennifer Ferrara and Michael K. Dorsey. 5. Safety First / Beth Burrows. 6. Ecological Consequences of Genetic Engineering / Ricarda A. Steinbrecher. 7. Biotechnology to the Rescue? Ten Reasons Why Biotechnology is Incompatible with Sustainable Agriculture / Jack Kloppenburg, Jr. and Beth Burrows. 8. From Native Forest to Frankenforest / Orin Langelle -- Pt. II. Medical Genetics, Science and Human Rights. 9. The Case against Designer Babies: The Politics of Genetic Enhancement / Marcy Darnovsky. 10. Cancer is (not) a Genetic Disease / Barbara Katz Rothman. 11. If Cloning is the Answer, What was the Question? Genetics and the Politics of Human Health / Sarah Sexton. 12. Eugenic Tendencies in Modern Genetics / David King. 13. If Pigs Could Fly, They Would: The Problems with Xenotransplantation / Alix Fano. 14. Reproductive Technology: Welcome to the Brave New World / Zoe C. Meleo-Erwin. 15. Is Violence in Your Genes? The Violence Initiative Project: Coming Soon to an Inner City Near You / Mitchel Cohen -- Pt. III. Patents, Corporate Power and the Theft of Knowledge and Resources. 16. Gene Giants: Understanding the "Life Industry" / Hope Shand. 17. Patents, Ethics and Spin / Beth Burrows. 18. Biotechnology and Indigenous Peoples / Victoria Tauli-Corpuz. 19. Shams, Shamans and the Commercialization of Biodiversity / Michael K. Dorsey. 20. Biopiracy: The Theft of Knowledge and Resources / Vandana Shiva. 21. Exclusive Rights, Enclosure and the Patenting of Life / Kimberly A. Wilson. 22. Paving the Way for Biotechnology: Federal Regulations and Industry PR / Jennifer Ferrara. 23. Biotechnology and the New World Order / Mitchel Cohen -- Pt. IV. The Worldwide Resistance to Genetic Engineering. 24. Resisting the Engineering of Life / Brian Tokar. 25. Princes, Aliens, Superheroes and Snowballs: The Playful World of the UK Genetic Resistance / Jim Thomas. 26. Seed Satyagraha: A Movement for Farmers' Rights and Freedoms in a World of Intellectual Property Rights, Globalized Agriculture and Biotechnology / Vandana Shiva. 27. Europe: Hostile Lands for GMOs / Thomas G. Schweiger. 28. No Patents on Life: The Incredible Ten-year Campaign against the European Patent Directive / Steve Emmott. 29. No to Bovine Growth Hormone: Ten Years of Resistance in Canada / Lucy Sharratt. 30. Cooperatives: A Source of Community Strength / Robin Seydel. 31. McDonald's, MTV and Monsanto: Resisting Biotechnology in the Age of Informational Capital / Chaia Heller.
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NEU Grand Library2nd Floor (QH442 .R44 2001)
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Medical Section |
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