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050			_aTP 248.65.F66 _b.H251 2002
100			_aHart, Kathleen. _9109163
245		0	_aEating in the dark : _bAmerica's experiment with genetically engineered food / _cKathleen Hart.
260			_aNew York : _bPantheon Books, _cc2002.
300			_a338 p. _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
500			_aNotes: p. 283-313.
520			_a food labels do not include information on ingredients that have been genetically modified, and the subject has received surprisingly little media coverage. Even as genetically engineered foods spread throughout America, most consumers abroad have refused to eat them. Opposition to genetically engineered food is now beginning to surface in the United States, where biotechnology is becoming a major issue for the new century. Eating in the Dark tells the story of how these new foods, most of which are engineered either to produce or to withstand heavy doses of pesticides, quietly entered America's food supply. Kathleen Hart explores the potential of this new technology to enhance nutrition and cut farmers' expenses. She also reveals the process by which regulatory agencies decided to allow the biotechnology industry to sell its products without first submitting them to thorough testing for possible long-term threats to consumer health and the environment. Hart has talked to scientists, farmers, industry members, and activists, and she has gained unprecedented access to the inner chambers of the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the Food and Drug Administration, where the crucial decisions have been made to allow these foods into our stores. Combining a balanced perspective with a sense of urgency, Eating in the Dark is a revelatory guide to a subject of paramount importance."www.shelfari.com"
520			_aMost Americans eat genetically modified food on a daily basis. Yet many of us are barely aware that we're eating something that has been altered
650			_aGenetically modified foods _zUnited States. _9109164
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