Mendel In The Kitchen: A Scientist's View Of Genetically Modified Food - Hardcover

Fedoroff, Nina V.; Brown, Nancy Marie

 
9780309092050: Mendel In The Kitchen: A Scientist's View Of Genetically Modified Food

Synopsis

Together with a science writer, Fedoroff (Pennsylvania State U.), a plant molecular biologist/geneticist, addresses the controversies raised by techniques for producing genetically modified (GM) foods--"Frankenfoods" to its critics. Noting that agriculture altered the genetic makeup of food crops long before the 19th-century monk Mendel ushered in the modern age of genetics, she discusses misinterpretations of scientific data and defends GM foods as actually a conservative approach to increasing the global food supply. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Review

"Some countries, many in Europe, have imposed bans on importing and growing GM crops. Others, notably the U.S., have grown, cooked and eaten them without knowing about it, or seeming to care that they don't know."

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Nina V. Fedoroff and Nancy Marie Brown

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ISBN 10:  030909738X ISBN 13:  9780309097383
Publisher: Joseph Henry Press, 2004
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