TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tokar, Brian
TI  - Redesigning life? the worldwide challenge to genetic engineering
SN  - 1856498344 (hbk.)
U1  - 303.483  
PY  - 2001///
CY  - London
PB  - Distributed by Palgrave
KW  - Genetic engineering
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Biotechnology
N1  - 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
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