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Title

Seeds of deception : exposing industry and government lies about the safety of the genetically engineered foods you're eating / Jeffrey M. Smith.

Author

Smith, Jeffrey M.

Publication

Fairfield, IA : Yes Books ; White River Junction, Vt. : Distributed by Chelsea Green Publishing, c2003.

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Description

vi, 289 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

• The founder of the Institute for Responsible Technology makes a political as well as scientific case against GM foods, and discusses US and European attitudes and actions that consumers can take.
• "Without knowing it, Americans eat genetically modified (GM) food everyday. While the food and chemical industries claim that GMO food is safe, a considerable amount of evidence shows otherwise. In Seeds of Deception, Jeffrey Smith, a former executive with the leading independent laboratory testing for GM presence in foods, documents these serious health dangers and explains how corporate influence and government collusion have been used to cover them up. The stories Smith presents read like a mystery novel. Scientists are offered bribes or threatened; evidence is stolen; data withheld or distorted. Government scientists who complain are stripped of responsibilities or fired. The FDA even withheld information from congress after a GM food supplement killed nearly a hundred people and permanently disabled thousands. While Smith was employed by the laboratory he was not allowed to speak on the health dangers or the cover-up. No longer bound by this agreement, Smith now reveals what he knows in this groundbreaking exposé. Today, food companies sell GM foods that have not undergone safety studies. FDA scientists opposed this, but White House and industry pressure prevailed and the agency's final policy--co-authored by a former Monsanto attorney--denied the risks. The scientists' concerns were made public only after a lawsuit forced the agency to turn over internal documents. Dan Glickman, former Secretary of Agriculture, describes the government's pro-biotech mindset: "You felt like you were almost an alien, disloyal, by trying to present an open-minded view....So I pretty much spouted the rhetoric.... It was written into my speeches." In Seeds of Deception Smith offers easy-to-understand descriptions of genetic engineering and explains why it can result in serious health problems. This well-documented, pivotal work will show you how to protect yourself and your family." -- Publisher's description.

Subject

• Genetically modified foods
• Genetically modified foods > Government policy > United States
• Agricultural biotechnology
• Food > Biotechnology
• Food, Genetically Modified
• Biotechnology
• Agriculture

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-283) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Frances Moore Lappe -- Preface / Arran Stephans -- Introduction -- A lesson from overseas -- What could go wrong - a partial list -- Spilled milk -- Deadly epidemic -- Government by the industry, for the industry -- Rolling the dice with allergies -- Muscling the media -- Changing your diet -- What you can do -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: GM foods at a glance -- Appendix B: Enzymes and additives.

ISBN

0972966587 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2003106320

OCLC

53122034

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library