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Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food

By Pamela C. Ronald , R. W. Adamchak

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2008
ISBN
0195301757, 9780195301755
LCC
TP248.65.F66 R66 2007
Open Library ID
OL10134929M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3343838 bytes)
Edition
illustrated edition
Pages
227\227
Library
duansci.com
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50

Description

I do not want to doubt the intentions behind the book's advocacy for marrying organic farming and genetic manipulation. The effort to raise yields while maintaining ecological balance is supposed to be a noble cause. The biggest concern I have on genetically manipulated crops is their effects on the immune systems of humans and the animals who ingest them. Since genetical engineering is a relatively new and cutting-edge technology, research on the long-term health ramifications on the individuals and their offspring remain scant. In other words, we really do not know how the GE crops are affecting our bodies, our reproductive cells, and our next generations' physiology. I'd stick with "purely" organic stuff as much as possible. My children may still come out weird and retarded, but I cannot blame it on the GE food I ate.

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