Genetic engineering / [print] Lisa Yount, book editor. - San Diego, California : Greenhaven Press ; (c)2002. Detroit : Thomson Gale, (c)2002. - 174 pages ; 23 cm. - Current controversies . - Current controversies. .



Genetic engineering need not decrease respect for life Genetic engineering will benefit human health and the environment Genetic engineering will decrease respect for life Genetic engineering will harm human health and the environment The perils and promise of genetically engineered crops : an overview Genetically engineered foods are safe to grow and eat Poor farmers need genetically engineered crops Genetic engineering of animals benefits human health Genetically engineered crops threaten farmers, health, and the environment Genetically engineered foods are not safe to eat Genetically engineered crops will not help poor farmers Genetic engineering is cruel to animals Gene therapy will improve human health Engineering germline genes is ethical Cloning humans is ethical Gene therapy is dangerous to health Gene therapy and research may benefit only the wealthy Engineering germline genes is unnecessary and unethical Cloning humans is not ethical Regulating genetic research : an overview Genetically engineered foods should be labeled Patents on genetically engineered crops should be limited Patents on human genes should be limited Genetically engineered foods should not be labeled Patents on genetically engineered crops need not be limited Patents on human genes are ethical and necessary by Thomas W. Clark -- by Jeff T. Minerd -- by Ronnie Cummins -- by Eduardo Galeano -- by Time -- by the Council for Biotechnology Information -- by Hassan Adamu -- by Gunjan Sinha -- by David Ehrenfeld -- by Martin Teitel and Kimberly A. Wilson -- by Peter Rosset -- by Jeremy Rifkin -- by Jeff Wheelwright -- by Burke K. Zimmerman -- by Gregory E. Pence -- by Jeremy Rifkin -- by Mohamed Larbi Bouguerra -- by Ruth Hubbard and Elijah Wald -- by Leon R. Kass -- by Denis Noble -- by Daniel S. Greenberg -- by C.S. Prakash -- by Seth Shulman -- by Douglas Powell -- by David L. Richer -- by M. Andrea Ryan.

Authors debate the safety of genetically engineered products, the usefulness of gene-altered crops in the Third World, the safety and ethics of altering human genes, and the patenting of genes.



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Genetic engineering--Social aspects.
Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.

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