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Life, lineage and sustenance : Indigenous peoples and genetic engineering : threats to food, agriculture, and the environment / by Stephanie Howard ; edited by Debra Harry, Brett Lee Shelton.

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  • Physical Description: 51 pages ; 28 cm
  • Publisher: Wadsworth, Nev. : Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism, �2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A primer and resource guide."
"September 2001."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 50).
Formatted Contents Note:
The genetics -- Questions to ask -- Life, lineage, and sustenance -- General concerns with genetic engineering -- Biodiversity: the basis of the genetics industry -- Privatizing life: patents on life -- Biopiracy and biocolonialism: plain theft -- Plants -- Animals -- Safety risks -- Engineering monoculture and intensive farming -- Introducing new species -- Field trials -- Responsibility -- Community nutrition -- You get what you ask for -- ("Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil") -- Why so fast? -- The players -- The global spread of GE agriculture -- Ok, so what can I do?
Subject:
Genetically modified foods.
Genetic engineering.
Food > Biotechnology.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library GN 380 .H69 L54 2001 256636 Stacks Reshelving -