Don't worry, it's safe to eat : the true story of GM food, BSE, & Foot and Mouth / Andrew Rowell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowell, Andrew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genetically modified foods--Great Britain.

Genetically modified foods.

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy--Great Britain.

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Foot-and-mouth disease--Great Britain.

Foot-and-mouth disease.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An investigation of science, politics and our food production system, this text exposes the bogus science, political interference and flawed policies that threaten our food supply. The author tells the story of BSE, revealing how top scientists have been muzzled and how the epidemic continues. Then, against a backdrop of burning cows, Andrew Rowell exposes how trade and macro-economic policies overruled good science in the foot and mouth catastrophe. He also opens the black box of the so-called GM revolution to expose the myth behind the marketing. In tracing how critics are silenced in the bo

Contents:

Don't Worry IT'S SAFE TO EAT: THE TRUE STORY OF GM FOOD, BSE & FOOT AND MOUTH; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Safe to Eat; BSE - a distant memory or living nightmare?; Relaxing the rules?; The only certainty is uncertainty; The first BSE outbreak; The Phillips Inquiry; MAFF - the 'Ministry of Truth'; Cover-up and censorship?; A slow policy of sedation; The Southwood Committee; Short-term economics continue to overrule long-term health; Chapter 3 Treated with Derision; Dr Alan Dickinson; Dr Tim Holt; Dr Helen Grant

Professor Richard LaceyDr Stephen Dealler; Dr Harash Narang; Mark Purdey; Chapter 4 Silent Spread; Professor Fred Brown; Modelling your way into a mess; Small-holders speak out; To vaccinate or not to vaccinate; The not-so-public, public inquiries; Waste not, want not; Chapter 5 Hot Potato; Dr Arpad Pusztai; The Con A controversy; The 150 seconds that changed the GM debate; The riddle of the Rowett; Why were Pusztai's results so threatening?; The Audit; Chapter 6 The 'Star Chamber'; The Royal Society; The House of Commons Select Committee; The Royal Society Working Group; The Lancet

The Royal Society revisitedChapter 7 Stars in their Eyes; The USA; StarLinkTM; Europe; Substantial equivalence; Chapter 8 Immoral Maize; A virtual world; The fall-out continues; Statements for and against; When is a retraction not a retraction?; Is GM contamination beneficial?; Chapter 9 Science for Sale; Realigning the Research Councils; What commercialization means for science; Corruption of integrity?; The degradation of science; Chapter 10 Whitehall Whitewash; The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; The Food Standards Agency

Chapter 11 Towards Safe Food and Public Interest ScienceTowards safe and sustainable food; Public interest science; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-260) and index.

ISBN:

1-136-56784-4

1-4175-2240-2

1-136-56785-2

1-280-47585-4

9786610475858

1-84977-103-0

600-00-0264-5

9781849771030

OCLC:

55894413