Pandora's Picnic Basket: The Potential and Hazards of Genetically Modified Foods

By Alan McHughen

Are you surprised to know that there are fish genes in some tomatoes? That brazil nut genes in soybeans can result in potentially lethal allergic reactions? That rapeseed plants bred to be resistant to herbicides could become uncontrollable superweeds? You are not alone. The issue of genetically modified foods has fast become one of the most debated of the late 20th century, with scientists and companies seeking to develop the technology on one side, and consumer groups and environmentalists on the other. However, in spite of the great heat generated by the debate, there is very little real information on the subject, either about the technologies in use or about the regulatory processes established to approve the processes and the products.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198507143
• ISBN13: 9780198507147
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 277 Pages