The GMO deception : what you need to know about the food, corporations, and government agencies putting our families and our environment at risk / Sheldon Krimsky and Jeremy Gruber, editors ; foreword by Ralph Nader.
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Table of Contents:
- Foreward / Ralph Nader
- Introduction: The science and regulation behind the GMO deception / Sheldon Krimsky and Jeremy Gruber
- What is genetic engineering? An introduction to the science / John Fagan, Michael Antoniou, and Claire Robinson
- Safety studies : human and environmental health. The state of the science / Stuart Newman ; Antibiotics in your corn / Sheldon Krimsky and Timo Assmuth ; A conversation with Dr. Árpád Pusztai / Samuel W. Anderson ; Glypho-gate / Sheldon Krimsky with Gilles-Eric Séralini, Robin Mesnage, and Benoît Bernay ; GM alfalfa: an uncalculated risk / Phil Bereano ; The next generation of biohazard? Engineering plants to manufacture pharmaceuticals / Brian Tokar ; Busting the big GMO myths / John Fagan, Michael Antoniou, and Claire Robinson
- Labeling and consumer activism. Codex food labeling committee debates international guidelines / Diane McCrea ; Consumers call on FDA to label GMO foods / Colin O'Neil ; Genetically engineered foods: a right to know what you eat / Phil Bereano ; Latina/o farmers and biotechnology / Devon Peña ; Labeling genetically engineered food in California / Pamm Larry and CRG staff ; Lax labeling policies betray public trust / Joseph Mendelson ; A conversation with John Fagan
- GMOs in the developing world. The agrarian crisis in India / Indrani Barpujari and Birenda Biru ; Bill Gates's excellent African adventure: a tale of technocratic agroindustrial philanthrocapitalism / Phil Bereano ; Bt Brinjal in India: why it must not be released / Aruna Rodrigues ; Hearts of darkness: the biotech industry's exploration of southern African famine / Doreen Stabinsky ; Rooted resistance: Indian farmers stand against Monsanto / Mira Shiva ; Why GM crops will not feed the world / Bill Freese
- Corporate control of agriculture. Patented seeds vs. free inquiry / Martha L. Crouch ; BGH and beyond: consolidating rural America / Jack Doyle ; Changing seeds or seeds of change? / Natalie DeGraaf ; Food, made from scratch / Eric Hoffman ; Future imperfect: discussing the industrialization of agriculture with Deborah Koons Garcia / Evan Lerner ; Stealing wisdom, stealing seeds: the neem tree of India becomes a symbol of greed / Vandana Shiva.
- Regulation, policy, and law. AG biotech policy: 2012 in review / Colin O'Neil ; EPA and regulations / Sheldon Krimsky ; GM food legislation: modified foods in the halls of power / Lara Freeman ; Goliath vs. Schmeiser: Canadian court decision may leave multinationals vulnerable / Phil Bereano and Martin Phillipson ; Legal challenge to genetically engineered bt crops marches on / Joseph Mendelson ; A primer on GMOs and international law / Phil Bereano ; GMOs stalled in Europe: the strength of citizens' involvement / Arnaud Apoteker
- Ecology and sustainability. Environmental release of genetically engineered organisms: recasting the debate / GeneWatch editors ; The role of GMOs in sustainable agriculture / Doug Gurian-Sherman ; Genetically modified crops and the intensification of agriculture / Bill Freese ; Science uninterrupted: understanding transgenesis in its ecological context / Ignacio Chapela ; Agricultural technologies for a warming world / Lim Li Ching ; Down on the farm: genetci engineering meets an ecologist / David Pimentel ; Engineering crops for herbicide resistance / Sheldon Krimsky and Roger Wrubel ; Genetic engineering for biological control: environmental risks / David Pimentel ; GM mosquitoes: flying through the regulatory gaps? / Lim Li Ching ; Why context matters / Craig Holdrege
- The ethics of GMOs. The biopiracy of wild rice / Brian Carlson ; Conflicts of interest undermine agricultural biotechnology research / Susan Benson, Mark Arax, and Rachel Burstein ; Genetcially engineered foods changing the nature of nature / Martin Teitel and Kimberly Wilson ; Lessons from the green revolution: do we need new technology to end hunger? / Peter Rosset, Frances Moore Lappé, and Joseph Collins ; Let them eat promises: the fight to feed the world is being betrayed from within / Devinder Sharma
- Modifying animals for food. Ethical limits to bioengineering animals / Paul Root Wolpe ; Back on "the farm" / Rob DeSalle ; Biotechnology and milk: benefit or threat? / Michael Hansen ; In the bullpen: livestock cloning / Jaydee Hanson ; Canada banned BGH! / Kimberly Wilson ; Food and drug amalgamation / Eric Hoffman ; Food unchained / Samuel W. Anderson ; Just say no to milk hormones / John Stauber ; Gene technology in the animal kingdom / Paul B. Thompson
- Conclusion: the future of GM food / Sheldon Krimsky
- Resources: what you can do about GMOs / Jeremy Gruber.
