contributor:
Andow, David.; Union of Concerned Scientists.
publisher:
USC Publictions
date:
Issued: 2004
description:
Harvested on April 29, 2011.
description:
Extent: vi, 125 p. : ill., digital, PDF file.
description:
Addresses the challenge of protecting the U.S. food supply from contamination by crops genetically engineered to produce drugs and industrial substances ("pharma" crops). Six experts commissioned by UCS to analyze this problem concluded that corn and soybean cannot be used as pharma crops while preventing contamination of the food supply--unless substantial changes are made to the commodity production and management practices applied to pharma crops.
subject:
Transgenic plants--Field experiments--Safety measures.
subject:
Soybean industry--United States.
subject:
Pharmaceutical biotechnology.
subject:
Genetically modified foods--United States--Safety measures.
subject:
Food supply--Government policy--United States--Safety measures.
subject:
Corn industry--United States.
subject:
Agricultural biotechnology.
relation:
OCLC No.: 317482956
type:
PDF-1.4
source:
http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/food_and_agriculture/pharma_fullreport.pdf
language:
eng
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