Food Biotechnology / Marion Nestle.
by Nestle, Marion; Golliher, Jeff; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 9Human Relations. Publisher: Witness, 2001ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects | Food -- Biotechnology | Food -- Safety measures | Genetically modified foods | Public opinion | Rice | Science -- Social aspects | Transgenic plants | Values | Food -- Religious aspectsDDC classification: 050 Summary: FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY -- "It is critically important that scientists understand that not everyone values hypothesis-driven investigations and that many other values influence public views of biotechnology." (WITNESS) The author reasons that divergent values of scientists and the public are behind much of the conflict between the two sides over the use of biotechnology.Summary: CONTRIBUTING TO THE WEB OF LIFE? -- "As churches and governments grapple with difficult ethical decisions about the use of genetically modified foods in the years ahead, we must consider the primary ecological picture on which agriculture depends." (WITNESS) The author contends that individuals need to look at biotechnology issues from a broader ecological, spiritual and moral perspective in order to make the right decisions about their use.
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This MARC record contains two articles.
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Food Biotechnology, May 2001; pp. 14-17.
Originally Published: Contributing to the Web of Life?, May 2001; pp. 18-21.
FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY -- "It is critically important that scientists understand that not everyone values hypothesis-driven investigations and that many other values influence public views of biotechnology." (WITNESS) The author reasons that divergent values of scientists and the public are behind much of the conflict between the two sides over the use of biotechnology.
CONTRIBUTING TO THE WEB OF LIFE? -- "As churches and governments grapple with difficult ethical decisions about the use of genetically modified foods in the years ahead, we must consider the primary ecological picture on which agriculture depends." (WITNESS) The author contends that individuals need to look at biotechnology issues from a broader ecological, spiritual and moral perspective in order to make the right decisions about their use.
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