Redesigning life? the worldwide challenge to genetic engineering/
Redesigning life? the worldwide challenge to genetic engineering/
edited by Brian Tokar.
- London; Distributed by Palgrave, 2001.
- 440 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PART I OUR HEALTH, OUR FOOD AND THE ENVIRONMENT
1 From Golden Rice to Terminator Technology; Agricultural
Biotechnology Will Not Feed the World or Save the Environment
MARTHA L. CROUCH
2 Genetically Engineered "Vitamin A Rice": A Blind Approach to
Blindness Prevention
VANDANA SHIVA
3 Cloning Profits: The Revolution in Agricultural Biotechnology
SONJA A. SCHMITZ
4 Genetically Engineered Foods: A Minefield of Safety Hazards
JENNIFER FERRARA AND MICHAEL K. DORSET
5 Safety First
BETH BURROWS
6 Ecological Consequences of Genetic Engineering
RICARDA A. STEINBRECHER
7 Biotechnology to the Rescue? Ten Reasons Why
Biotechnology is Incompatible with Sustainable Agriculture
JACK KLOPPENBURG. JR AND BETH BURROWS
8 From Native Forest to Frankenforest
ORIN LANGELLE
PART I I MEDICAL GENETICS. SCIENCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
9 The Case against Designer Babies:
The Politics of Genetic Enhancement
MARCY DARNOVSKY
10 Cancer is (not) a Genetic Disease
BARBARA KATZ ROTHMAN
I I if Cloning is the Answer, What was the Question?
Genetics and the Politics of Human Health
SARAH SEXTON
12 Eugenic Tendencies in Modern Genetics
DAVID KING
13 If Pigs Could Fly, They Would:
The Problems with Xenotransplantation
ALIX FANG
14 Reproductive Technology: Welcome to the Brave New World
ZOE C. MELEO-ERWIN
15 Is Violence in Your Genes? The Violence Initiative Project:
Coming Soon to an Inner City Near You
MITCHEL COHEN
PART III PATENTS. CORPORATE POWER AND THE THEFT
OF KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES
16 Gene Giants: Understanding the "Life Industry"
HOPE SHAND
17 Patents, Ethics and Spin
BETH BURROWS
18 Biotechnology and Indigenous Peoples
VICTORIA TAULI-CORPUZ
19 Shams, Shamans and the Commercialization of Biodiversity
MICHAEL K. DORSEY
20 Biopiracy: The Theft of Knowledge and Resources
VANDANA SHIVA
21 Exclusive Rights, Enclosure and the Patenting of Life
KIMBERLY A. WILSON
22 Paving the Way for Biotechnology:
Federal Regulations and Industry PR
JENNIFER FERRARA
23 Biotechnology and the New World Order
MITCHEL COHEN
PART IV THE WORLDWIDE RESISTANCE TO GENETIC ENGINEERING
24 Resisting the Engineering of Life
BRIAN TOKAR
25 Princes, Aliens. Superheroes and Snowballs:
The Playful World of the UK Genetic Resistance
JIM THOMAS
26 Seed Satyagraha: A Movement for Farmers' Rights and Freedoms in
a World of Intellectual Property Rights. Globalized Agriculture and
Biotechnology
VANDANA SHIVA
27 Europe: Hostile Lands for GMOs
THOMAS G. SCHWEIGER
28 No Patents on Life: The Incredible Ten-year Campaign against the
European Patent Directive
STEVE EMMOTT
29 No to Bovine Growth Hormone: Ten Years of Resistance in Canada
LUCY SHARRATT =
30 Cooperatives: A Source of Community Strength
ROBIN SEYDEL
31 McDonald's, MTV and Monsanto: Resisting Biotechnology in the Age
of Informational Capital
CHAIA HELLER
1856498344 (hbk.) 1856498352 (pbk.)
Genetic engineering--Social aspects.
Biotechnology--Social aspects.
303.483 / TOK/R
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PART I OUR HEALTH, OUR FOOD AND THE ENVIRONMENT
1 From Golden Rice to Terminator Technology; Agricultural
Biotechnology Will Not Feed the World or Save the Environment
MARTHA L. CROUCH
2 Genetically Engineered "Vitamin A Rice": A Blind Approach to
Blindness Prevention
VANDANA SHIVA
3 Cloning Profits: The Revolution in Agricultural Biotechnology
SONJA A. SCHMITZ
4 Genetically Engineered Foods: A Minefield of Safety Hazards
JENNIFER FERRARA AND MICHAEL K. DORSET
5 Safety First
BETH BURROWS
6 Ecological Consequences of Genetic Engineering
RICARDA A. STEINBRECHER
7 Biotechnology to the Rescue? Ten Reasons Why
Biotechnology is Incompatible with Sustainable Agriculture
JACK KLOPPENBURG. JR AND BETH BURROWS
8 From Native Forest to Frankenforest
ORIN LANGELLE
PART I I MEDICAL GENETICS. SCIENCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
9 The Case against Designer Babies:
The Politics of Genetic Enhancement
MARCY DARNOVSKY
10 Cancer is (not) a Genetic Disease
BARBARA KATZ ROTHMAN
I I if Cloning is the Answer, What was the Question?
Genetics and the Politics of Human Health
SARAH SEXTON
12 Eugenic Tendencies in Modern Genetics
DAVID KING
13 If Pigs Could Fly, They Would:
The Problems with Xenotransplantation
ALIX FANG
14 Reproductive Technology: Welcome to the Brave New World
ZOE C. MELEO-ERWIN
15 Is Violence in Your Genes? The Violence Initiative Project:
Coming Soon to an Inner City Near You
MITCHEL COHEN
PART III PATENTS. CORPORATE POWER AND THE THEFT
OF KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES
16 Gene Giants: Understanding the "Life Industry"
HOPE SHAND
17 Patents, Ethics and Spin
BETH BURROWS
18 Biotechnology and Indigenous Peoples
VICTORIA TAULI-CORPUZ
19 Shams, Shamans and the Commercialization of Biodiversity
MICHAEL K. DORSEY
20 Biopiracy: The Theft of Knowledge and Resources
VANDANA SHIVA
21 Exclusive Rights, Enclosure and the Patenting of Life
KIMBERLY A. WILSON
22 Paving the Way for Biotechnology:
Federal Regulations and Industry PR
JENNIFER FERRARA
23 Biotechnology and the New World Order
MITCHEL COHEN
PART IV THE WORLDWIDE RESISTANCE TO GENETIC ENGINEERING
24 Resisting the Engineering of Life
BRIAN TOKAR
25 Princes, Aliens. Superheroes and Snowballs:
The Playful World of the UK Genetic Resistance
JIM THOMAS
26 Seed Satyagraha: A Movement for Farmers' Rights and Freedoms in
a World of Intellectual Property Rights. Globalized Agriculture and
Biotechnology
VANDANA SHIVA
27 Europe: Hostile Lands for GMOs
THOMAS G. SCHWEIGER
28 No Patents on Life: The Incredible Ten-year Campaign against the
European Patent Directive
STEVE EMMOTT
29 No to Bovine Growth Hormone: Ten Years of Resistance in Canada
LUCY SHARRATT =
30 Cooperatives: A Source of Community Strength
ROBIN SEYDEL
31 McDonald's, MTV and Monsanto: Resisting Biotechnology in the Age
of Informational Capital
CHAIA HELLER
1856498344 (hbk.) 1856498352 (pbk.)
Genetic engineering--Social aspects.
Biotechnology--Social aspects.
303.483 / TOK/R