Additional Information
Book Details
Abstract
Written by a leading campaigner for GM Watch, one of the world's leading lobbying groups, this book reveals the huge issues that are at stake.
Genetically modified food has been headline news for years, but it's difficult to know how far the genetic revolution has affected our lives. Is the food on our shelves free of genetically engineered ingredients? How much power do food corporations wield? Andy Rees provides the answers. He shows that, while corporations that produce genetically modified food have met with resistance in Europe, their hold on the US market is strong. They're also expanding operations in less-regulated countries in Africa, Asia and the former Soviet bloc.
The US has launched a legal suit to attempt to force the European market open to genetically modified food. What does the future hold? This brilliantly readable book tells us all we need to know.
'Highly recommended!'
Dr Arpad Pusztai, the world's leading expert on plant lectins
'A precise and accessible guide to the biotech industry's destructive control over our food'
Green Shopping Catalogue
'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
'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
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | 4 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 11 | ||
| 2 An Overview | 13 | ||
| Setting the scene | 13 | ||
| A brief recent history | 14 | ||
| What is Genetic Engineering and who will benefit? | 18 | ||
| Does anyone want GM? | 19 | ||
| How far has it gone? | 22 | ||
| Have GMOs been tested? | 23 | ||
| Are GMOs well regulated? | 26 | ||
| 3 The Players | 31 | ||
| Industry and its lobby groups | 31 | ||
| International bodies and governments | 42 | ||
| 4 Exposing the Wild Claims Made by the Biotech Lobby | 55 | ||
| Genetic Engineering is the same as natural processes | 55 | ||
| Genetic Engineering is precise and sophisticated | 56 | ||
| GM Crops have been adequately tested | 57 | ||
| GM crops are adequately regulated | 57 | ||
| GM crops are safe | 57 | ||
| GM crops will help feed the hungry millions | 59 | ||
| GM crops will increase farmers' incomes | 60 | ||
| GM crops will be higher yielding | 61 | ||
| GM crops will reduce pesticide usage | 62 | ||
| GM crops must be successful as they are widely grown | 64 | ||
| GM crops will help the environment | 65 | ||
| GM crops will help farmers use marginal land | 66 | ||
| GM golden rice will solve vitamin A deficiency | 67 | ||
| The GM 'Protato' will solve protein deficiency | 68 | ||
| 5 The Risks and Dangers of GMOs | 69 | ||
| Problems growing GM crops | 69 | ||
| GMOs in food | 78 | ||
| More problems for farmers | 89 | ||
| GMOs in the environment | 101 | ||
| Genetic pollution is forever | 104 | ||
| 6 The Biotech Lobby's Dirty Tricks Department - Part 1 | 105 | ||
| The corporate takeover of government - mechanisms | 105 | ||
| The corporate takeover of government - results | 128 | ||
| 7 The Biotech Lobby's Dirty Tricks Department - Part 2 | 141 | ||
| The corporate takeover of science | 141 | ||
| The Corporate Takeover of the Media | 156 | ||
| Other dirty tricks | 166 | ||
| 8 Setbacks for the Biotech Lobby | 175 | ||
| GM- free areas | 176 | ||
| Attacks on field trials | 177 | ||
| People unite against GM crops | 178 | ||
| Financial problems for the biotech industry | 179 | ||
| GM wheat rejected | 180 | ||
| A word of caution | 181 | ||
| 9 A More Constructive Way Forward | 183 | ||
| At a macro level | 183 | ||
| What you can do | 186 | ||
| 10 A Last Word | 190 | ||
| Notes to the Text | 192 | ||
| Resources | 244 | ||
| Index | 249 |