Genetically Modified Food: A Short Guide For the Confused

Author:   Andy Rees
Publisher:   Pluto Press
ISBN:  

9780745324401


Pages:   262
Publication Date:   20 August 2006
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Our Price $163.95 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

Genetically Modified Food: A Short Guide For the Confused


Add your own review!

Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Andy Rees
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.412kg
ISBN:  

9780745324401


ISBN 10:   0745324401
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   20 August 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Foreword Abbreviations-Acronyms 1. Introduction 2. An Overview 3. The Players 4. Exposing the Wild Claims Made by the Biotech Lobby 5. The Risks and Dangers of GMOs 6. The Biotech Lobby’s Dirty Tricks Department – Part 1 7. The Biotech Lobby’s Dirty Tricks Department – Part 2 8. Setbacks for the Biotech Lobby 9. A More Constructive Way Forward 10. A Last Word Resources References Index

Reviews

'A precise and accessible guide to the biotech industry's destructive control over our food' -- Green Shopping Catalogue 'The book reveals evidence and proof against the claims that GM food is beneficial for people, and, rather, illuminates the advantages for big businesses of GM food, seed patenting, and agribusiness' -- Oxfam 'Highly recommended!' -- Dr Arpad Pusztai, the world's leading expert on plant lectins 'Lies and spin are dissected and then pulverised in this copiously documented exposé. Rees unmasks the biotech industry's horrific tactics in their race to take over our food supply and the devastation that their GM crops will inflict if we don't act quickly' -- Jeffrey M. Smith, international best-selling author, Seeds of Deception


This is a precise and accessible guide to the biotech industry's destructive control over our food. This book shows if and how genetically modified food is dangerous to our bodies. The information is well set out and well explained in terms of corporate business and politics, and concludes with what we can do about it. -- Green Shopping Catalogue This book has great pace and is very accessible to the lay public. The scientific content is technically accurate and I like the uncompromising position that it takes. Rees certainly seems to have the gift of capturing so much in so little space or 'capturing the ocean in a drop'. -- Dr Michael Antoniou, Reader in Molecular Genetics at Kings College, London, Guy's Hospital Campus The book reveals evidence and proof against the claims that GM food is beneficial for people, and, rather, illuminates the advantages for big businesses of GM food, seed patenting, and agribusiness... He expounds the risks and dangers to farmers and the environment, and exposes the deceptions of big business to conceal these hazards. The book documents successful opposition against GM foods by protest groups, but concludes with exhortations for vigilance in opposition against, what it labels, 'Genetic Tinkering'. -- Oxfam The timely publication of the book GM and the Corporate Takeover of Everything: a Short Guide for the Confused will give a great boost to all public-spirited citizens who do not want to be confused but want to be informed about what is going on in our troubled world and get the facts straight and not filtered through the biotechnology propaganda machine. Highly recommended!' -- Dr Arpad Pusztai, the world's leading expert on plant lectins Lies and spin are dissected and then pulverized in this copiously documented expose. Rees unmasks the biotech industry's horrific tactics in their race to take over our food supply and the devastation that their GM crops will inflict if we don't act quickly. -- Jeffrey M. Smith, international best-selling author, Seeds of Deception


'Lies and spin are dissected and then pulverised in this copiously documented expose. Rees unmasks the biotech industry's horrific tactics in their race to take over our food supply and the devastation that their GM crops will inflict if we don't act quickly' -- Jeffrey M. Smith, international best-selling author, Seeds of Deception 'Highly recommended!' -- Dr Arpad Pusztai, the world's leading expert on plant lectins 'The book reveals evidence and proof against the claims that GM food is beneficial for people, and, rather, illuminates the advantages for big businesses of GM food, seed patenting, and agribusiness' -- Oxfam 'A precise and accessible guide to the biotech industry's destructive control over our food' -- Green Shopping Catalogue


Author Information

Andy Rees is the author of Genetically Modified Food: A Short Guide For the Confused (Pluto, 2006) The Pocket Green Book: The Environmental Crisis in a Nutshell (Zed, 1991) and former editor of GM Watch's Weekly Watch.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

MRG2025CC

 

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List