
GMO Free
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GMO Free takes a good look at the evidence scientists have compiled, and makes a powerful case for a worldwide ban on GMO crops, to make way for a shift to sustainable agriculture and organic farming. It's time to take the future of your food supply and environment into your own informed hands. GMO Free will give you the information you need to do so.
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Mae-Wan Ho, PhD, is director of the Institute of Science in Society, and Science Advisor to the Third World Network. Her career spans more than thirty years of research and teaching in biochemistry, molecular genetics, and biophysics.
Lim Li Ching works as a researcher for both the biosafety program at the Third World Network and the Institute of Science in Society. She is also the deputy editor of the magazine Science in Society.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Executive Summary
- Part 1: No Future for GM Crops
- 1. Why Not GM Crops?
- 2. Escalating Problems on the Farm
- Part 2: GM Crops Are Not Safe
- 3. Science and Precaution
- 4. Safety Tests on GM Foods
- 5. Transgene Hazards
- 6. Terminator Crops Spread Male Sterility
- 7. Herbicide Hazards
- 8. Horizontal Gene Transfer
- 9. The CaMV 35S Promoter
- 10. Transgenic DNA More Likely to Spread
- 11. Horizontal Transfer of Transgenic DNA
- 12. Hazards of Horizontal Gene Transfer
- 13. Conclusion to Parts 1 and 2
- Part 3: The Manifold Benefits of Sustainable Agriculture
- 14. Why Sustainable Agriculture?
- 15. Higher or Comparable Productivity and Yields
- 16. Better Soils
- 17. Cleaner Environment
- 18. Reduced Pesticides and No Increase in Pests
- 19. Supporting Biodiversity and Using Diversity
- 20. Environmental and Economic Sustainability
- 21. Ameliorating Climate Change
- 22. Efficient and Profitable Production
- 23. Improved Food Security and Benefits to Local Communities
- 24. Organics for Health
- 25. Conclusion to Part 3
- References
- Statement of the Independent Science Panel
- Index
- Resources
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