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Title Engineering the farm : ethical and social aspects of agricultural biotechnology / edited by Britt Bailey, Marc Lappé.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 202 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-171).
Contents GMOs, Luddites, and concerned citizens / Marc Lappé and Britt Bailey -- Ethical issues involving the production, planting, and distribution of genetically modified crops / Sheldon Krimsky -- Why food biotechnology needs an opt out / Paul B. Thompson -- A naturalist looks at agricultural biotechnology / Brewster Kneen -- When transgenes wander, should we worry? / Norman C. Ellstrand -- Patents, plants, and people : the need for a new ethical paradigm / Lori B. Andrews -- Taking seriously the claim that genetic engineering could end hunger : a critical analysis / Peter Rosset --The European response to GM foods : rethinking food governance / David Barling -- A societal role for assessing the safety of bioengineered foods / Britt Bailey -- Learning to speak ethics in technological debates / Carolyn Raffensperger -- A perspective on anti-biotechnology convictions / Marc Lappé -- The biotech distraction / Francis Moore Lappé -- In defense of the precautionary principle / Carolyn Raffensperger and Katherine Barrett -- A declaration of bioethics and agricultural biotechnology / Marc Lappé and Phil Bereano.
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Subject Genetic engineering -- Social aspects.
Genetic engineering -- Social aspects.
Agricultural biotechnology -- Social aspects.
Agricultural biotechnology -- Social aspects.
Agricultural biotechnology.
Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Agricultural biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Agricultural biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Bailey, Britt.
Lappé, Marc.
Other Form: Print version: Engineering the farm. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©2002 1559639466 1559639474 (DLC) 2002002893 (OCoLC)49276998
ISBN 1417595779 (electronic book)
9781417595778 (electronic book)
1559639466 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1559639474 (paperback ; alkaline paper)