GMOs decoded (Record no. 14245)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780262039192 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Original cataloging agency DLC
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency DLC
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 631.5/233
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Krimsky, Sheldon
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title GMOs decoded
Remainder of title a skeptic's view of genetically modified foods
Statement of responsibility, etc Sheldon Krimsky
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Cambridge, Massachusetts
Name of publisher The MIT Press
Year of publication 2019
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xxii, 191 p.
Other physical details ill.
490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Food, health, and the environment
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Summary, etc Since they were introduced to the market in the 1990s, GMOs (genetically modified organisms, including genetically modified crops), have been subject to a barrage of criticism. Agriculture has welcomed this new technology, but public opposition has been loud and scientific opinion mixed. In this book, the author examines the controversies over GMOs - health and safety concerns, environmental issues, the implications for world hunger, and the scientific consensus (or lack of one). He explores the viewpoints of a range of GMO skeptics, from public advocacy groups and nongovernmental organizations to scientists with differing views on risk and environmental impact. The author explains the differences between traditional plant breeding and "molecular breeding" through genetic engineering (GE); describes early GMO products, including the infamous Flavr Savr tomato; and discusses herbicide-, disease-, and insect-resistant GE plants. he considers the different American and European approaches to risk assessment dueling scientific interpretations of plant genetics, and the controversy over labeling GMO products. he analyzes a key 2016 report from the National Academies of Sciences on GMO health effects and considers the controversy over biofortified rice (Golden Rice) - which some saw as a humanitarian project and others as an exercise in public relations. Do GMO crops hold promise or peril? By offering an accessible review of the risks and benefits of GMO crops, and a guide to the controversies over them, the author helps readers judge for themselves.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Transgenic plants
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Topical Term Crops
General subdivision Genetic engineering
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Topical Term Genetically modified foods
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