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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Brian TokarPublisher: Zed Books Ltd Imprint: Zed Books Ltd Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.703kg ISBN: 9781856498357ISBN 10: 1856498352 Pages: 448 Publication Date: 01 February 2001 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsIntroduction: Challenging Biotechnology - Brian Tokar Part I: Our Health, Our Food and the Environment 1. From Golden Rice to Terminator Technology - Martha L. Crouch 2. Genetically Engineered 'Vitamin A Rice': - Vandana Shiva 3. Cloning Profits: The Revolution in Agricultural Biotechnology - Sonja Schmitz 4. Genetically Engineered Foods: A Minefield of Safety Hazards - Jennifer Ferrara and Michael K. Dorsey 5. Safety First: Controlling the Risks of Biotechnology - Beth Burrows 6. Ecological Consequences of Genetic Engineering - Ricarda Steinbrecher 7. Biotechnology to the Rescue? - Jack Kloppenburg Jr. and Beth Burrows 8. Engineered Trees: From Native Forest to Frankenforest - Orin Langelle Part II: Medical Genetics, Science, and Human Rights 9. The Case Against Designer Babies- Marcy Darnovsky 10. Cancer as (Not) a Genetic Disease - Barbara Katz Rothman 11. If Cloning is the Answer, What was the Question? - Sarah Sexton 12. Eugenic Tendencies in Modern Genetics - David King 13. If Pigs Could Fly, They Would: The Problems of Xenotransplantation - Alix Fano 14. Reproductive Technology: Welcome to the Brave New World - Zoe C. Meleo-Erwin 15. Is Violence in Your Genes? - Mitchel Cohen Part III: Patents, Corporate Power and the Theft of Knowledge 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 Biological Knowledge and Resources - Vandana Shiva 21. Exclusive Rights, Enclosure and the Patenting of Life - Kimberly Wilson 22. Paving the Way for Biotechnology: Federal Regulations and Industry P.R. - Jennifer Ferrara 23. Biotechnology and the New World Order - Mitchel Cohen Part IV: The Worldwide Resistence to Genetic Engineering 24. Resisting the Engineering of Life - Brian Tokar 25. Princes, Aliens, Superheroes and Snowballs - 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: Why do Europeans Reject Genetic Engineering More Fiercely than Americans? - Thomas Schweiger 28. No Patents on Life - Steve Emmott 29. No to Bovine Growth Hormone - Lucy Sharratt 30. Cooperatives: A Source of Community Strength - Robin Seydel 31. McDonalds, MTV, and Monsanto - Chaia Heller Bibliography IndexReviews“In this wide-ranging collection, scientists and activists discuss the pressing issues growing out of the wanton commercialization of the life sciences. With clear and up-to-date examples, the authors illustrate the dangers inherent in the unfettered manipulation of plant, animal and human biology for health and societal well-being.” —Ruth Hubbard, Professor Emerita of Biology at Harvard University, Board Member of the Council for Responsible Genetics, and author of Exploding the Gene Myth. <br>“The book is a superb collection of essays chronicling the development of biotechnology and the social reaction it has caused.” —Gene Watch<br> In this wide-ranging collection, scientists and activists discuss the pressing issues growing out of the wanton commercialization of the life sciences. With clear and up-to-date examples, the authors illustrate the dangers inherent in the unfettered manipulation of plant, animal and human biology for health and societal well-being. --Ruth Hubbard, Professor Emerita of Biology at Harvard University, Board Member of the Council for Responsible Genetics, and author of Exploding the Gene Myth. <br><br> The book is a superb collection of essays chronicling the development of biotechnology and the social reaction it has caused. --Gene Watch<br> 0;In this wide-ranging collection, scientists and activists discuss the pressing issues growing out of the wanton commercialization of the life sciences. With clear and up-to-date examples, the authors illustrate the dangers inherent in the unfettered manipulation of plant, animal and human biology for health and societal well-being.1; 2;Ruth Hubbard, Professor Emerita of Biology at Harvard University, Board Member of the Council for Responsible Genetics, and author of Exploding the Gene Myth. <br>0;The book is a superb collection of essays chronicling the development of biotechnology and the social reaction it has caused.1; 2;Gene Watch<br> Author InformationBrian Tokar has been an activist since the 1970s in the peace, anti-nuclear, environmental and green politics movements, and is currently a faculty member at Goddard College and the Institute for Social Ecology in Vermont. He is the author of The Green Alternative: Creating an Ecological Future (1987, revised 1992) and Earth for Sale: Reclaiming Ecology in the Age of Corporate Greenwash (1997), and was the recipient of a 1999 Project Censored award for his investigative history of the Monsanto company (The Ecologist, Sept./Oct. 1998). He serves on the national boards of the Native Forest Network and the Edmonds Institute, and sat on the National Committee of the Greens/Green Party USA for several years. Brian graduated from MIT in 1976 with degrees in biology and physics and received his Masters degree in biophysics from Harvard University in 1981. He is a founder member of the Northeast Resistance Against Genetic Engineering. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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