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Pandora's Picnic Basket The Potential and Hazards of Genetically Modified

Pandora's Picnic Basket The Potential and Hazards of Genetically Modified Foods Hardcover - 2000

by McHughen, Alan

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Written in clear and direct language, this book takes an even-handed look at genetically modified foods, revealing both their risks and benefits. The author uses question-and-answer boxes to address key issues and real case histories to illustrate the development and regulation of this new technology. 4 line illustrations. 4 halftones.

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Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0198506740 . 277 pp. Spine bumped. Jacket has light edgwear. Signed by the author on the title page. A molecular geneticist provides an inside account of the science behind, and the risks, benefits and myths of GM technology. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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  • Title Pandora's Picnic Basket The Potential and Hazards of Genetically Modified Foods
  • Author McHughen, Alan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
  • Pages 288
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
  • Date 2000
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SCI0237
  • ISBN 9780198506744
  • Themes
    • Topical: Health & Fitness

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Citations

  • Booklist, 07/01/2000, Page 1981
  • Kirkus Reviews, 06/15/2000, Page 861
  • Library Journal, 08/01/2000, Page 148

About the author

Alan McHughen is a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and Chair of the International Biosafety Advisory Committee of the Genetics Society of Canada. He himself has developed genetically modified plants and therefore has first-hand experience of the technologies involved and the regulatory processes in all countries.

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