Pandora's picnic basket : the potential and hazards of genetically modified foods

Pandora's picnic basket : the potential and hazards of genetically modified foods / Alan McHughen.

"Did you know that there are fish genes in some tomatoes? That Brazil nut genes in soybeans can result in potentially lethal allergic reactions? That rapeseed plants bred to be resistant to herbicides could become uncontrollable superweeds? Genetically modified foods do pose real risks, and in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McHughen, Alan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Genetically modified foods.
Food > Biotechnology.
Transgenic plants.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Safety.
Food > Biotechnology
Genetically modified foods
Transgenic plants
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Hors-d'œuvres and entrées
  • 2. Cooking school primer : molecular genetics for everyone
  • 3. Home cooking! DIY guide to genetic engineering
  • 4. Salad days? conventional and GM foods
  • 5. Food : the offal truth
  • 6. The issues : where's the beef?
  • 7. Figure it out
  • 8. More wine, sir? : the role of science in regulation
  • 9. Not on the table : the really scary stuff
  • 10. Waiter, what do you recommend? : who's serving my best interests?
  • 11. More small fry and red herrings
  • 12. Waiter, I can't understand the menu : labelling problems
  • 13. Waiter, can't I have a GM-free meal?
  • 14. The chef does not share his recipes : intellectual property and GM technology
  • 15. Just desserts
  • 16. Post-prandial delights : some resources.

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