Don't worry, it's safe to eat : the true story of GM food, BSE, & Foot and Mouth /

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An investigation of science, politics and our food production system, this text exposes the bogus science, political interference and flawed policies that threaten our food supply. The author tells the story of BSE, revealing how top scientists have been muzzled and how the epidemic continues. Then,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rowell, Andrew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, ©2003.
Subjects:
Genetically modified foods > Great Britain.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy > Great Britain.
Foot-and-mouth disease > Great Britain.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Genetically modified foods.
Foot-and-mouth disease.
Public Policy
Food Contamination
Food Contamination > prevention & control
Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform
Food, Genetically Modified
Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform > prevention & control
Food, Genetically Modified > adverse effects
Foot-and-Mouth Disease > prevention & control
Aliments transgéniques > Grande-Bretagne.
Encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine > Grande-Bretagne.
Fièvre aphteuse > Grande-Bretagne.
Encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine.
Aliments transgéniques.
Fièvre aphteuse.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Safety.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Foot-and-mouth disease
Genetically modified foods
Genmodifierade livsmedel.
Hälsorisker.
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Electronic books.
Popular Work
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:An investigation of science, politics and our food production system, this text exposes the bogus science, political interference and flawed policies that threaten our food supply. The author tells the story of BSE, revealing how top scientists have been muzzled and how the epidemic continues. Then, against a backdrop of burning cows, Andrew Rowell exposes how trade and macro-economic policies overruled good science in the foot and mouth catastrophe. He also opens the black box of the so-called GM revolution to expose the myth behind the marketing. In tracing how critics are silenced in the bo.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 268 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-260) and index.
ISBN:9781849771030
1849771030
1417522402
9781417522408
9781136567841
1136567844

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