Describe un mundo donde las papas a la francesa que usted están registradas como un pesticida. Donde las plantas de maíz matan a las mariposas monarca; las plantas de soya proliferan en dosis de herbicida que matarían a una planta normal. Donde las corporaciones multinacionales poseen las semillas que los agricultores cultivan, y legalmente controlan sus acciones. Ese mundo existe. En este momento estos eventos están sucediendo y nos está pasando a todos. Los alimentos genéticamente modificados de plantas cuyas estructuras genéticas son alteradas por los científicos, de formas que nunca podrían pasar en la naturaleza ya están presentes en la mayoría de los productos que usted compra en los supermercados. No cuentan con etiquetas, no son deseados y mayormente no probados.En esta actualizada y aumentada edición de Alimentos Genéticamente Modificados: Cambiando la Naturaleza de la Naturaleza, escrito por Martin Teitel y Kimberly Wilson, explican lo que la ingeniería genética es y cómo trabaja, luego exploran los riesgos de salud inolucrados por comer estos alimentos de reciente creación. Hablan de los peligros ecológicos que pudieran resultar de la cruza de plantas modificadas con espcies silvestres y que escapan totalmente del control humano, así como de la ruina económica que pueda ocurrir a los pequeños agricultores que se encuentran a merced de las enormes corporaciones, para obtener su medio de subsistencia. Dirigiéndose a la propaganda de "alimentar al pobre" que la industria del agronegocio divulga, los autores describen cómo la "revolución" de la ingeniería genética, en realidad amenaza con desplazar a los agricultores en el Tercer Mundo e intensificar el problema del hambre en el mundo. Finalmente, Teitel Y Wilson consideran las implicaciones éticas y espirituales de este radical cambio, en nuestra relación con el mundo natural y muestra lo que el futuro nos depara si no actuamos ahora, para implementar una moratoria en la producción de alimento genéticamente modificado. Martin Teitel, Ph.D., es Presidente del Consejo para Genéticos Responsables, una organización nacional sin fines lucrativos de científicos y activistas preocupados, fundad en 1983 para fomentar el debate público sobre las implicaciones sociales, éticas, de salud, económicas y ambientales de la tecnología genética. Kimberly A. Wilson, anterior director del Programa sobre la Biotecnología Comercial y el Medio Ambiente del consejo, trabaja con la Compaña de Ingeniería Genética de Greenpeace.

Alimentos Geneticamente Modificados: Cambiando la Naturaleza de la Naturaleza: Que necesita saber para proteger a usted mismo, a su familia y a nuestro planeta

Wilson, Kimberly A.

Teitel Ph.D., Martin

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

ITI en Espanol

The book that exposes the threat to our food supply from genetic engineering. 
* Explains the dangers of these foods in easily understood terms. * Provides a comprehensive guide to actions you can take to safeguard your food supply. 
Picture a world where the french fries you eat are registered as a pesticide. Where corn plants kill monarch butterflies. Where soy plants thrive on doses of herbicide that would kill any normal plant. Where multinational corporations own the life forms that farmers grow and legally control the farmers' actions. That world exists. The above events are happening, and they are happening to us all. Genetically engineered foods-plants whose genetic structures are altered by scientists in ways that could never occur in nature--are already present in most of the products you buy in supermarkets, unlabeled, unwanted, and largely untested. The threat of these organisms to human and environmental health has caused them to be virtually banned in Europe, yet the U.S. government and a handful of biotech corporations, working hand-in-hand, have actively encouraged their use while discouraging labeling that might alert consumers to what they are eating. 
Genetically Engineered Food: Changing the Nature of Nature is the first book to take a comprehensive look at the many ramifications of this dangerous science. Authors Martin Teitel and Kimberly Wilson explain what genetic engineering is and how it works, then explore the health risks involved with eating newly created lifeforms. They address the ecological catastrophe that could result from these modified plants crossing with wild species and escaping human control altogether, as well as the economic devastation that may befall small farmers who find themselves at the mercy of megacorporations for their livelihood. Taking the discussion a step further, they consider the ethical and spiritual implications of this radical change in our relationship to the natural world, showing what the future holds and giving you the information you need to act on your own or to join others in preserving the independence and integrity of our food supply.

Genetically Engineered Food: Changing the Nature of Nature: What You Need to Know to Protect Yourself, Your Family, and Our Planet

Teitel, Martin

Literature & Fiction

Park Street Press

• The book that takes a comprehensive look at the threat to our food supply from genetic engineering. 
• 15,000 copies sold in the first six months. 
• Includes new studies about the dangers of genetically engineered food. • Refutes the "feed the poor" propaganda spread by agribusinesses. 
• Is both an expose and educational primer on this controversial technology that is already a part of every American's diet. 
• Explains the dangers of these foods to ourselves and our environment in easily understood terms. 
 Picture a world? /&gt;• Where the french fries you eat are registered as a pesticide, not a food. • Where vegetarians unwittingly consume fish genes in their tomatoes. • Where corn plants kill monarch butterflies. • Where soy plants thrive on doses of herbicide that kill every other plant in sight. • Where multinational corporations own the life forms that farmers grow and legally control the farmers' actions. 
That world exists These things are all happening, and they are happening to you. Genetically engineered foods--plants whose genetic structures are altered by scientists in ways that could never occur in nature--are already present in many of the products you buy in supermarkets, unlabeled, unwanted, and largely untested. The threat of these organisms to human and environmental health has caused them to be virtually banned in Europe, yet the U.S. government, working hand-in-hand with a few biotech corporations, has actively encouraged their use while discouraging labeling that might alert consumers to what they are eating. The authors show what the future holds and give you the information you need to preserve the independence and integrity of our food supply. 
What can you do? First, inform yourself. Genetically Engineered Food: Changing the Nature of Nature is the first book to take a comprehensive look at the many ramifications of this disturbing trend. 
Authors Martin Teitel and Kimberly Wilson explain what genetic engineering is and how it works, then explore the health risks involved with eating organisms never before seen in nature. They address the ecological catastrophe that could result from these modified plants crossing with wild species and escaping human control altogether, as well as the economic devastation that may befall small farmers who find themselves at the mercy of mega-corporations for their livelihood. Taking the discussion a step further, they consider the ethical and spiritual implications of this radical change in our relationship to the natural world, showing what the future holds and giving you the information you need to act on your own or to join others in preserving the independence and integrity of our food supply.

Genetically Engineered Food: Changing the Nature of Nature

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Park Street Pr.

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