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Lynas, Mark, 1973-
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Genetically modified foods.
Genetically modified foods -- Social aspects.
Genetically modified foods -- Developing countries.
Genetic engineering -- Seeds.
Transgenic organisms.
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Lynas, Mark, 1973-
Genetically modified foods.
Genetically modified foods -- Social aspects.
Genetically modified foods -- Developing countries.
Genetic engineering -- Seeds.
Transgenic organisms.
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Seeds
of
science
:
how
we
got
it
so
wrong
on
GMOs
/ Mark Lynas.
by
Lynas, Mark, 1973-
Bloomsbury Sigma, c2018.
Call #:
664 L987ss
Subjects
Genetically modified foods.
Genetically modified foods -- Social aspects.
Genetically modified foods -- Developing countries.
Genetic engineering --
Seeds
.
Transgenic organisms.
Series
Bloomsbury sigma series ; bk.34.
ISBN:
9781472946980
1472946987
Alternate title:
How
we
got
it
so
wrong
on
GMOs
Description:
304 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-291) and index.
Summary:
In
Seeds
of
Science
, eco-activist Mark Lynas lifts the lid on the controversial story and misunderstood
science
of
GMOs
. In the mid-1990s, as the global media stirred up a panic about the risks of genetically modified crops, Lynas destroyed crop fields and spoke out in the press...until he realized he was
wrong
. This book explains why. Twenty years after GMO crops became a source of controversy, scientists are working hard to devise new farming methods that will meet the world's food requirements while causing the minimum amount of ecological harm.
We
're now discovering that the environmentalist mainstream might have misjudged the GMO issue completely, and as a consequence
we
have forfeited two decades' worth of scientific progress in perhaps the most vital area of human need: food. No one is more aware of this fact than Mark Lynas. Starting out as one of the leading activists in the fight against GMOs-from destroying experimental crop fields to leading the charge in the press-in 2013 Lynas famously admitted that he
got
it all
wrong
. Lynas takes us back to the origins of the technology, and examines the histories of the people and companies who pioneered it. He explains what lead him to question his assumptions on
GMOs
, and
how
he is currently tracking poverty by using genetic modification to encourage better harvests.
Seeds
of
Science
provides an explanation of the research that has enabled this technology-something which led to countless misconceptions about a field that could provide perhaps the only solution to a planet with a population of ten billion people.
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