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Genetically Modified Language: The Discourse of Arguments for GM Crops and Food » Read Now
by Guy Cook. 162 pgs.

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The GM debate is as much a war of words as of facts. Food and farming are being changed forever - yet whether for good or bad is the subject of an increasingly bitter argument. Those promoting GM have mounted an intense campaign, characterising their opponents as terrorists and Luddites, governed by...
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The GM debate is as much a war of words as of facts. Food and farming are being changed forever - yet whether for good or bad is the subject of an increasingly bitter argument. Those promoting GM have mounted an intense campaign, characterising their opponents as terrorists and Luddites, governed by ignorance, irrationality and hysteria. Yet public opinion remains unconvinced and antagonistic. As the argument intensifies and the voices on all sides get louder, Genetically Modified Language cuts through the confusion and controversy to the issues and ideology at the heart of the disagreement.Guy Cook subjects the language of the case for GM to a careful and detailed examination. He looks in turn at the persuasive strategies used by politicians, scientists, the media, biotechnology corporations, and supermarkets, showing how their arguments mix together scientific, commercial, ethical and political criteria, and are seldom as factual and straightforward as they claim. Through analyses of recurrent words and phrases, and of the constant comparisons made with other international issues, he shows how the GM debate has become inseparable from the wider political conflicts of our time. In a final chapter he turns to public reactions to all of the arguments.Throughout this analysis, the campaign for GM is seen as exemplifying disturbing trends in the contemporary use of language for public information. Language which purports to seek clarity and neutrality, and to be a vehicle for informed democratic debate, is in fact achieving the opposite effects: obscuring the issues and manipulating opinion.Written in a clear, accessible style and drawing on illustrative examples, Genetically Modified Language is an insightful look at how language shapes our opinions.
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The Politics of GM Food: A Comparative Study of the UK, USA, and EU » Read Now
by Dave Toke. 230 pgs.

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'Why have GM Foods become so controversial? Comparing GM food politics in the US, Britain, and the European Union, Toke draws on insights from discourse analysis to help explain this basic political struggle of our time. By stressing the interplay between the material and discursive dimensions...
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'Why have GM Foods become so controversial? Comparing GM food politics in the US, Britain, and the European Union, Toke draws on insights from discourse analysis to help explain this basic political struggle of our time. By stressing the interplay between the material and discursive dimensions involved in the shaping of the conflict, the work offers a detailed account that enriches our political understanding of these 'Frankenfoods' on a variety of fronts, in particular the interplay between scientific expertise and citizens politics. Those interested in the 'risk society', both students and specialists, will find much to learn from this perceptive analysis.' Professor Frank Fischer , Rutgers University, USA The Politics of GM Food compares and explains how differing political outcomes have occurred regarding GM food and crops in the UK, USA and the EU, thus throwing light on the relationship between science and politics.
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The Future of Genetically Modified Crops: Lessons from the Green Revolution » Read Now
by Felica Wu, William P. Butz. 82 pgs.

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Investigates the circumstances and processes required to establish the new Ogene Revolutiono in which genetically modified crops are tailored to address chronic agricultural problems in specific regions of the world.
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Controversies in Food and Nutrition (Chap. 15 "Genetically Modified Foods") » Read Now
by Myrna Chandler Goldstein, Mark A. Goldstein. 261 pgs.

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You can never have too many vitamins, until they kill you. Eat meat, but avoid beef, chicken, turkey, and pork. Packaged foods are more efficiently preserved than they were 100 years ago--but should we actually eat the stuff? Consumers are besieged with conflicting messages about food and nutrition...
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You can never have too many vitamins, until they kill you. Eat meat, but avoid beef, chicken, turkey, and pork. Packaged foods are more efficiently preserved than they were 100 years ago--but should we actually eat the stuff? Consumers are besieged with conflicting messages about food and nutrition, making it difficult for the average customer to know what to believe. Is anything safe at McDonald's? Do carbohydrates cause obesity? This provocative new resource explores 15 common controversies in the field of food and nutrition.
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Bountiful Harvest: Technology, Food Safety, and the Environment (Chap. 5 "Genetic Modification and Technophobia") » Read Now
by Thomas R. Degregori. 264 pgs.

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In this provocative work, Thomas DeGregori explores many of the revolutionary technological advances of the past century, especially those in agriculture.
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An Environmental--Economic Assessment of Genetic Modification of Agricultural Crops, in Futures » Read Now
by J. C. Van Den Bergh, J. M. Holley. 16 pgs.

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...applied to food production...the use of genetically modified organisms...The first genetically modified plants were...modified whole food entered the...Royal Society...
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Bittersweet Harvest: The Debate over Genetically Modified Crops, in Harvard International Review » Read Now
by Honor Hsin. 4 pgs.

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...offspring. This breakthrough spawned the field of genetically modified (GM) crop production. Since the discovery, however...StarLink corn had found its way into numerous...
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GM Foods in Perspective, Part One, in Contemporary Review » Read Now
by Joaquina Pires-O'Brien. 5 pgs.

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...publicly, are foods and food products made from genetically modified organisms (GMOs...sustainability. Too much food was produced where...there have been 50 genetically...
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GM Foods in Perspective, Part Two, in Contemporary Review » Read Now
by Joaquina Pires-O'Brien. 5 pgs.

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...accepted the growing of genetically modified (GM) crops, and 2,000...arrival of imported GM food products and the start...his wisdom that GM food is a matter of...
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GM Foods in Perspective: Part Three, in Contemporary Review » Read Now
by Joaquina Pires-O'Brien. 3 pgs.

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...population growth, to obtain an increase in food productivity of the same order, more agricultural...economy of nitrogen, with the use of GM grass modified to fix nitrogen...
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The Regulation of Genetically Engineered Plants: Is Peter Rabbit Safe in Mr. McGregor's Transgenic Vegetable Patch?, in Environmental Law » Read Now
by David J. Earp. 40 pgs.

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...genetically modified plants.(19...oversee the genetically engineered products...example, the Food and Drug Administration...field tests of genetically modified organisms...
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Biotechnology's Greatest Challenge, in Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy » Read Now
by Nigel J. Taylor, Claude M. Fauquet. 8 pgs.

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...performance of genetically modified crop plants...to increase food production...developing country food crops. Consider...bacterial gene genetically engineered...their own...
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Clinical and Laboratory Investigation of Allergy to Genetically Modified Foods, in Environmental Health Perspectives » Read Now
by Jonathan A. Bernstein, I. Leonard Bernstein, Luca Bucchini, Lynn R. Goldman, Robert G. Hamilton, Samuel Lehrer, Carol Rubin, Hugh A. Sampson. 8 pgs.

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...assessment of novel proteins in genetically modified foods. Food allergy is among a spectrum...proteins. Novel proteins in genetically modified food may be present in...
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Caring for Life: Genetic Engineering and Agriculture, in The Ecumenical Review » Read Now
by Brewster Kneen. 9 pgs.

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...often referred to, somewhat erroneously, as GMO--genetically modified organism--foods) produced through, or derived from...us that what we put into our bodies in the form...
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The Future of Food, in Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy » Read Now
by Indur M. Goklany. 9 pgs.

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...Principle to Genetically Modified Crops," Biotechnology...Meeting Global Food Needs: The...Royal Society, Genetically Modified Plants for Food Use (1998...Sheppard, "GMO...
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Unsafe at Any Seed?, in Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy » Read Now
by Martin Teitel. 4 pgs.

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...public domain. Genetically modified food, however, has...in processed food but also in...from cows given genetically modified hormones to...money to buy food for their...