Golden rice : the imperiled birth of a GMO superfood / Ed Regis.
Golden rice : the imperiled birth of a GMO superfood / Ed Regis.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
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G 2019/5275
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English
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Physical content
xvii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Child killer -- Proof of concept -- GR 0.5 and beyond -- The protocol -- What is a GMO? -- Safe to eat? -- Golden rice 2 -- Better than spinach -- The mistake -- The "crime against humanity" -- The approvals -- Epilogue : the proactionary principle.
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Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
"Ordinary white rice is nutrient poor, it consists of carbohydrates and little else. About one million people who subsist on rice become blind or die each year from vitamin A deficiency. Golden rice, which was developed in the hopes of combating that problem by a team of European scientists in the late '90s, was genetically modified to provide an...
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Golden rice : the imperiled birth of a GMO superfood / Ed Regis.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2019
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G 2019/5275
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74VKV5lJvLAl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV5lJvLAl
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ISBN
9781421433035 hardcover ; alkaline paper
1421433036 hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
633.171
MMS ID
991024272693302626
