Against the Grain: Biotechnology and the Corporate Takeover of Your Food

Title: Against the Grain: Biotechnology and the Corporate Takeover of Your Food
Author: Marc Lappe
H: 1707583
ISBN: 9781567511505
Publisher: Common Courage Press
Published: 2002
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 175
Section: Science | Life Sciences | Genetics & Genomics
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Publisher Description: Current Events. Science. Do genetically engineered food crops really offer the "risk-free" breadbasket for the world promised by biotechnology companies like Monsanto? Or are there serious risks to human health and the ecosphere hidden in this silent revolution? Against The Grain slashes through biotechnology's propaganda, revealing the science and politics behind "transgenic" foods to show how biotech companies increasingly engineer what you eat to be compatible with their chemicals -but not necessarily good for human health. Marc Lappe holds a doctorate in Experimental Pathology from the University of Pennsylvania and currently directs the Center for Ethics and Toxics in northern California. Britt Bailiey holds a Masters Degree in Environmental Policy and is a research associate at CETOS.