Cargando…
Fearing food : risk, health and environment /
Environmental and consumer activists have for a long time blamed pesticides, fertilizers and other aspects of intensive farming for causing environmental degradation and human disease. Yet, as the authors in this book show, intensive farming has enabled growth in food production at a rate greater th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Oxford ; Boston :
Butterworth Heinemann,
1999.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a2200000 i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | SCIDIR_ocn857467726 | ||
| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20231117044811.0 | ||
| 006 | m o d | ||
| 007 | cr cnu---unuuu | ||
| 008 | 130903s1999 enka ob 001 0 eng d | ||
| 040 | |a N$T |b eng |e rda |e pn |c N$T |d OPELS |d IDEBK |d OCLCF |d UIU |d YDXCP |d EBLCP |d DEBSZ |d OCLCQ |d OCLCA |d MERUC |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d OCLCA |d OCLCQ |d LEAUB |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d OCLCA |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d OCL |d OCLCO | ||
| 019 | |a 820003186 |a 862821056 | ||
| 020 | |a 9780080984902 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
| 020 | |a 0080984908 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
| 020 | |z 075064222X | ||
| 020 | |z 9780750642224 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)857467726 |z (OCoLC)820003186 |z (OCoLC)862821056 | ||
| 050 | 4 | |a RA601 |b .F4 1999eb | |
| 060 | 4 | |a 2000 M-979 | |
| 060 | 4 | |a WA 701 |b F288 1999 | |
| 070 | |a TX359 |b .F34 1999 | ||
| 072 | 0 | |a T000 | |
| 072 | 0 | |a E100 | |
| 072 | 0 | |a E110 | |
| 072 | 0 | |a P000 | |
| 072 | 7 | |a MED |x 071000 |2 bisacsh | |
| 082 | 0 | 4 | |a 615.9/54 |2 22 |
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Fearing food : |b risk, health and environment / |c edited by Julian Morris and Roger Bate. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Oxford ; |a Boston : |b Butterworth Heinemann, |c 1999. | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (xxxiii, 302 pages) : |b illustrations | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 588 | 0 | |a Print version record. | |
| 520 | |a Environmental and consumer activists have for a long time blamed pesticides, fertilizers and other aspects of intensive farming for causing environmental degradation and human disease. Yet, as the authors in this book show, intensive farming has enabled growth in food production at a rate greater than population growth, thereby ensuring that people are better fed than ever before, whilst simultaneously limiting the effect of farming on the environment. The authors debunk numerous pervasive myths, including: Myth: Pesticides are bad for the environment and bad for human health Fact: Synthetic pesticides enable the production of large quantities of fresh fruit and vegetables, which means that people are better protected against cancer. In addition, the synthetic pesticides themselves are often less toxic than natural pesticides. Overall, synthetic pesticides present a net gain in health terms. Myth: Antibiotic resistance in animals is spreading to humans. Fact: The use of antibiotics in young animals keeps meat prices low and does not materially contribute to antibiotic resistance in humans. Myth: Nitrate fertilizers are a threat to human health. Fact: Nitrate fertilizers are probably beneficial to human health. Myth: Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are bad for the environment and bad for our health. Fact: Many environmental problems associated with agriculture can be reduced by using GMOs, which have the potential to improve yields and quality which simultaneously reducing associated inputs, such as fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides. Commercially produced GM foodcrops have no known impacts on human health and future GM foodcrops are likely to have health benefits (enabling such things as low-fat chips/french fries and non-allergenic peanuts). Myth: Instances of food poisoning would be reduced if we had more regulations. Fact: Instances of food poisoning in the UK may have been exacerbated by over-cautious government regulation. Myth: Subsidies are needed to order to ensure that food and fish are produced in environmentally sound ways. Fact: Subsidies to fisheries and farming have caused widespread environmental degradation. Myth: Packaging and transporting food is environmentally unfriendly. Fact: Packaging enhances the shelf life of products and reduces wastage during transport. Transporting food allows society to take advantage of different environmental and socio-economic conditions that exist in different places. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Front Cover; Fearing Food: Risk, Health and Environment; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Executive summary; Biographies; Introduction; The not so silent spring; For pro-environment, read against modern technology; A danger to mankind?; The organochlorine war continues; The POPs protocol; Protecting the ozone layer or merely increasing the cost of carrots?; Fear of food additives; Cyclamates and saccharin -- the perils of dieting; Nitrites; The environmental and health benefits of modern farming techniques; Virtual risks; Food safety regulation: public v private. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Environmental regulation: private v publicConclusions; References; Section 1 : But is it true?; Chapter 1. The fallacy of the organic Utopia; Summary; Introduction; Saving room for wildlife with high-yield farming; Why we will have to triple farm output by 2050; Organic yields are too low; The shortage of organic plant nutrients; The safety of modern pesticides; Science supporting endocrine disruption collapses; No nutritional advantage from organic foods; Modern farming is the most sustainable; Soil erosion; What are the pesticide impacts on wildlife?; Can we achieve still-higher yields? | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Can we save the small family farm?Carping about wonder wheat; References; Chapter 2. Pollution, pesticides and cancer misconceptions; Summary; Myths and facts about synthetic chemicals and human cancer; References; Chapter 3. Are dietary nitrates a threat to human health?; Summary; Introduction; The metabolism of nitrates; Dietary methaemoglobinaemia in infants -- Blue Baby syndrome; Cancer; Other grievances; Conclusions; References; Chapter 4. Farmyard follies: the end of antibiotics on the farm?; Summary; Introduction; Bacterial resistance; Antibiotics on the farm; Swedish failure. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Copenhagen coupBan details; Reaction to the ban; Discussion; References; Chapter 5. Genetic modification in context and perspective; Summary; Introduction; Genetic modification in context and perspective; What is genetic modification?; What is feasible now, and in the future?; Anti-viral GM crops; Anti-nematode GM crops; Financial and economic aspects; The key paradoxes; A final word; References; Chapter 6. Packaging and food: interconnections and surprises; Summary; Introduction -- packaging through the ages; Complexity of packaging choices; The trash tango: packaging and waste. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Food packaging: the big pictureTrends for the future; References; Section 2 : If it's not part of the solution, it's part of the problem; Chapter 7. Dietary disarray: guidelines with a pinch of salt; Summary; Introduction; The dietary guidelines; The scientific evidence; Cholesterol reduction; Fat and children; Some voices of reason; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 8. The perversity of agricultural subsidies; Summary; Introduction; The aims of the CAP; Does CAP lead to economic efficiency: the optimum utilisation of factors of production? | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Food contamination. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Agricultural chemicals |x Environmental aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Nutrition policy. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Agriculture and state. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Agriculture |x Environmental aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Agricultural chemicals. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Risk assessment. | |
| 650 | 1 | 2 | |a Food Contamination |0 (DNLM)D005506 |
| 650 | 2 | 2 | |a Agrochemicals |0 (DNLM)D016573 |
| 650 | 2 | 2 | |a Nutrition Policy |0 (DNLM)D018673 |
| 650 | 2 | 2 | |a Risk Assessment |0 (DNLM)D018570 |
| 650 | 6 | |a Aliments |x Contamination. |0 (CaQQLa)201-0017024 | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Produits chimiques agricoles |x Aspect de l'environnement. |0 (CaQQLa)201-0031877 | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Politique alimentaire. |0 (CaQQLa)201-0063735 | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Politique agricole. |0 (CaQQLa)201-0024755 | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Agriculture |x Aspect de l'environnement. |0 (CaQQLa)201-0067975 | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Produits chimiques agricoles. |0 (CaQQLa)201-0001217 | |
| 650 | 6 | |a �Evaluation du risque. |0 (CaQQLa)201-0139195 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a risk assessment. |2 aat |0 (CStmoGRI)aat300263660 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a MEDICAL |x Pharmacology. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Risk assessment |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01098146 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Agricultural chemicals |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00800518 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Agricultural chemicals |x Environmental aspects |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00800526 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Agriculture and state |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00801722 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Agriculture |x Environmental aspects |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00801499 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Food contamination |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00930746 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Nutrition policy |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01042296 | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Morris, Julian. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Bate, Roger. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |t Fearing food |z 075064222X |w (DLC) 00266645 |w (OCoLC)42878686 |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://sciencedirect.uam.elogim.com/science/book/9780750642224 |z Texto completo |