GMO food [electronic resource] : a reference handbook / David E. Newton.

9781610696869 electronic book
9781610696852

Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, 2014.

©2014

English

1 online resource (xvii, 336 pages) : illustrations, photographs, tables.

TP248.65.F66 .N49 2014eb

664

The book provides clear, factual information and background on the history of genetically modified crops and foods, covering topics such as the historic methods of plant and animal modification (such as cross-breeding) and important discoveries in genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetic engineering, and related fields; the social, political, philosophical, and economic issues that have arisen with these scientific advances; and the laws and regulations that have resulted from the range of attitudes about GMO foods. The book also supplies additional resources for readers performing extensive research in an annotated bibliography of books, articles, reports, and web pages.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contemporary world issues.

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