Don't worry, it's safe to eat : the true story of GM food, BSE, & Foot and Mouth / Andrew Rowell.
An investigation of science, politics and our food production system, this text exposes the bogus science, political interference and flawed policies that threaten our food supply. The author tells the story of BSE, revealing how top scientists have been muzzled and how the epidemic continues. Then,...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Sterling, VA :
Earthscan Publications,
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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books. Popular Work |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | An investigation of science, politics and our food production system, this text exposes the bogus science, political interference and flawed policies that threaten our food supply. The author tells the story of BSE, revealing how top scientists have been muzzled and how the epidemic continues. Then, against a backdrop of burning cows, Andrew Rowell exposes how trade and macro-economic policies overruled good science in the foot and mouth catastrophe. He also opens the black box of the so-called GM revolution to expose the myth behind the marketing. In tracing how critics are silenced in the bo. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 268 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-260) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849771030 1849771030 1417522402 9781417522408 9781136567841 1136567844 |