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The GMO Deception: What You Need to Know about the Food, Corporations, and Government Agencies Putting Our Families and Our Environment at Risk
By (Author) Sheldon Krimsky
Edited by Jeremy Gruber
Skyhorse Publishing
Skyhorse Publishing
12th April 2016
United States
General
Non Fiction
Biotechnology
Impact of science and technology on society
Applied ecology
664
Paperback
440
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 33mm
551g
Seventy-five percent of processed foods on supermarket shelvesfrom soda to soup, crackers to condimentscontain genetically engineered ingredients. The long-term effects of these foods on human health and ecology are still unknown, and public concern has been steadily intensifying.
This new book from the Council for Responsible Genetics gathers the best, most thought-provoking essays by the leading scientists, science writers, and public health advocates. Collectively, they address such questions as:
Are GM foods safe and healthy for us
Will GM food really solve world hunger
Are GM foods ecologically safe and sustainable
Should animals be genetically modified for food
Ultimately, this definitive book encourages us to think about the social, environmental, and moral ramifications of where this particular branch of biotechnology is taking us, and what we should do about it.
Sheldon Krimsky is the Carol Zicklin Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Brooklyn College, the Lenore Stern Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Tufts University, and adjunct professor in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the School of Medicine at Tufts University. He lives in New York City and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Jeremy Gruber, JD is the president and executive director of the Council for Responsible Genetics, and a founder of the Coalition for Genetic Fairness. He is regularly featured in print, on the radio, and on television. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.