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100 1 $aLynas, Mark,$d1973-$eauthor.
245 10 $aSeeds of science :$bwhy we got it so wrong on GMOs /$cMark Lynas.
264 1 $aLondon ;$aOxford ;$aNew York ;$aNew Delhi ;$aSyndey :$bBloomsbury Sigma,$c2018.
300 $a304 pages ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aBloomsbury sigma series ;$vbook 34
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"Mark Lynas was one of the original GM field wreckers. Back in the 1990s--working undercover with his colleagues in the environmental movement--he would descend on trial sites of genetically modified crops at night and hack them to pieces. Two decades later, most people around the world--from New York to China--still think that 'GMO' foods are bad for their health or likely to damage the environment. But Mark has changed his mind. This book explains why. In 2013, in a world-famous recantation speech, Mark apologised for having destroyed GM crops. He spent the subsequent years touring Africa and Asia, and working with plant scientists who are using this technology to help smallholder farmers in developing countries cope better with pests, diseases and droughts. This book lifts the lid on the anti-GMO craze and shows how science was left by the wayside as a wave of public hysteria swept the world. Mark takes us back to the origins of the technology and introduces the scientific pioneers who invented it. He explains what led him to question his earlier assumptions about GM food, and talks to both sides of this fractious debate to see what still motivates worldwide opposition today. In the process he asks--and answers--the killer question: how did we all get it so wrong on GMOs?"--Jacket.
505 0 $aGMO, GM or GE? -- UK direct action : how we stopped the GMO juggernaut -- Seeds of science : how I changed my mind -- The inventors of genetic engineering -- A true history of Monsanto -- Suicide seeds? : Farmers and GMOs from Canada to Bangladesh -- Africa : let them eat organic baby corn -- The rise and rise of the anti-GMO movement -- What anti-GMO activists got right -- How environmentalists think -- Twenty years of failure.
650 0 $aGenetically modified foods.
650 0 $aGenetically modified foods$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aGenetically modified foods$zDeveloping countries.
650 0 $aGenetic engineering$xSeeds.
650 7 $aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING$xFood Science$xChemistry & Biotechnology.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE$xAgriculture & Food.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE$xPublic Policy$xAgriculture & Food Policy.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aGenetically modified foods.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00940110
651 7 $aDeveloping countries.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01242969
650 4 $aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / General.
650 4 $aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science.
650 4 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food (see also POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy).
776 08 $iebook version :$z9781472946959
830 0 $aBloomsbury sigma series ;$vbk. 34.
852 00 $bbar$hQH442.6$i.L96 2018