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GMOs decoded : = a skeptic's view of genetically modified foods /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	GMOs decoded :/ Sheldon Krimsky.
Reminder of title:	a skeptic's view of genetically modified foods /
Author:	Krimsky, Sheldon.
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts :The MIT Press, : 2019.,
Description:	xxii, 191 p. :ill. ;24 cm.
[NT 15003449]:	Series foreword -- Foreword / Marion Nestle -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Traditional plant breeding -- Molecular breeding -- Differences between traditional and molecular breeding and their significance for evaluating crops -- Early products in agricultural biotechnology -- Herbicide-resistant transgenic crops -- Disease-resistant transgenic crops -- Insect-resistant crops -- Genetic mechanisms and GMO risk assessment -- Contested viewpoints on the health and environmental effects of GMOs -- Labeling GMOs -- The 2016 National Academies study -- The promise and protests of golden rice -- Science studies and the GMO conflict -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
Subject:	Crops - Genetic engineering. -
ISBN:	9780262039192

GMOs decoded : = a skeptic's view of genetically modified foods /
Krimsky, Sheldon.

GMOs decoded :a skeptic's view of genetically modified foods /Sheldon Krimsky. - Cambridge, Massachusetts :The MIT Press,2019. - xxii, 191 p. :ill. ;24 cm. - Food, health, and the environment. - Food, health, and the environment.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series foreword -- Foreword / Marion Nestle -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Traditional plant breeding -- Molecular breeding -- Differences between traditional and molecular breeding and their significance for evaluating crops -- Early products in agricultural biotechnology -- Herbicide-resistant transgenic crops -- Disease-resistant transgenic crops -- Insect-resistant crops -- Genetic mechanisms and GMO risk assessment -- Contested viewpoints on the health and environmental effects of GMOs -- Labeling GMOs -- The 2016 National Academies study -- The promise and protests of golden rice -- Science studies and the GMO conflict -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

Since they were introduced to the market in the 1990s, GMOs (genetically modified organisms, including genetically modified crops), have been subject to a barrage of criticism. Agriculture has welcomed this new technology, but public opposition has been loud and scientific opinion mixed. In this book, the author examines the controversies over GMOs - health and safety concerns, environmental issues, the implications for world hunger, and the scientific consensus (or lack of one). He explores the viewpoints of a range of GMO skeptics, from public advocacy groups and nongovernmental organizations to scientists with differing views on risk and environmental impact. The author explains the differences between traditional plant breeding and "molecular breeding" through genetic engineering (GE); describes early GMO products, including the infamous Flavr Savr tomato; and discusses herbicide-, disease-, and insect-resistant GE plants. he considers the different American and European approaches to risk assessment dueling scientific interpretations of plant genetics, and the controversy over labeling GMO products. he analyzes a key 2016 report from the National Academies of Sciences on GMO health effects and considers the controversy over biofortified rice (Golden Rice) - which some saw as a humanitarian project and others as an exercise in public relations. Do GMO crops hold promise or peril? By offering an accessible review of the risks and benefits of GMO crops, and a guide to the controversies over them, the author helps readers judge for themselves.

ISBN: 9780262039192US24.95

LCCN: 2018016803Subjects--Topical Terms:

592556
Crops
--Genetic engineering.

LC Class. No.: SB123.57 / .K75 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 631.5/233

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