Genetically Modified Food: A Short Guide for the Confused

Genetically Modified Food: A Short Guide for the Confused

by Andy Rees (Author)

Synopsis

Written by a leading campaigner for GM Watch, one of the world's leading lobbying groups, this book reveals the huge issues that are at stake.

Genetically modified food has been headline news for years, but it's difficult to know how far the genetic revolution has affected our lives. Is the food on our shelves free of genetically engineered ingredients? How much power do food corporations wield? Andy Rees provides the answers. He shows that, while corporations that produce genetically modified food have met with resistance in Europe, their hold on the US market is strong. They're also expanding operations in less-regulated countries in Africa, Asia and the former Soviet bloc.

The US has launched a legal suit to attempt to force the European market open to genetically modified food. What does the future hold? This brilliantly readable book tells us all we need to know.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: 09 Aug 2006

ISBN 10: 0745324398
ISBN 13: 9780745324395

Media Reviews
'A precise and accessible guide to the biotech industry's destructive control over our food' -- Green Shopping Catalogue
'The book reveals evidence and proof against the claims that GM food is beneficial for people, and, rather, illuminates the advantages for big businesses of GM food, seed patenting, and agribusiness' -- Oxfam
'Highly recommended!' -- Dr Arpad Pusztai, the world's leading expert on plant lectins
'Lies and spin are dissected and then pulverised in this copiously documented expose. Rees unmasks the biotech industry's horrific tactics in their race to take over our food supply and the devastation that their GM crops will inflict if we don't act quickly' -- Jeffrey M. Smith, international best-selling author, Seeds of Deception
Author Bio
Andy Rees is the author of Genetically Modified Food: A Short Guide For the Confused (Pluto, 2006) The Pocket Green Book: The Environmental Crisis in a Nutshell (Zed, 1991) and former editor of GM Watch's Weekly Watch.