Seeds, Science, and Struggle Free

Author: Abby Kinchy
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0262517744

Seeds, Science, and Struggle: The Global Politics of Transgenic Crops (Food, Health, and the Environment)

Genetic engineering has a wide range of cultural, economic, and ethical implications, yet it has become almost an article of faith that regulatory decisions about biotechnology be based only on evidence of specific quantifiable risks; to consider anything else is said to "politicize" regulation. Download Seeds, Science, and Struggle: The Global Politics of Transgenic Crops (Food, Health, and the Environment) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. In this study of social protest against genetically engineered food, Abby Kinchy turns the conventional argument on its head. Rather than consider politicization of the regulatory system, she takes a close look at the scientization of public debate about the "contamination" of crops resulting from pollen drift and seed mixing. Advocates of alternative agriculture confront the scientization of this debate by calling on international experts, ca Search and find a lot of engineering books in many category availabe for free download.

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