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no of pages 108 year 1996 biopolitics a feminist and ecological reader on biotechnology consequences of defining biotechnology as the latest wonder cure for environmental and developmental crisis biopolitics will be essential reading for students scholars and activists in social studies of science women s studies and development and environmental studies malaysia rm40 third world us$14 others us$20 size 13.6cm x 21.5cm no of pages 294 year 1995 isbn 85649-336-9 overcoming illusions about biotechnology a general critique of the new agricultural biotechnologies it then examines in detail the environmental social political and ethnical impacts of the new biotechnologies it concludes with proposals to control the biotechnology revolution and for sustainable agriculture alternatives that need not depend on genetic engineering malaysia rm10 third world us$5 others us$8 size 14cm x 21.5cm no of pages 120 year 1994 isbn 85649-304-0 biotechnology and biosafety series vandana shiva ingunn moser editors a co-publication with zed books biotechnology is the most powerful bundle of new technologies currently under development it is also the most intrusive and determinative technology relating to nature generally and the human body specifically while commercial and scientific publicity has stressed the potential gains a growing number of scientists thinkers and activists have been warning of the grave risks and difficult ethical issues at stake this reader assembles some of the most important work from feminists and environmentalists critical of the headlong rush into what is likely to prove a technological minefield a distinguished cast of contributors presents much-needed frameworks for understanding and contextualizing the debates on biotechnological development they explore the hidden implications and likely this is part of a series of papers on biotechnology and biosafety that the third world network is publishing with a view to deepening public understanding on the ecological and safety aspects of the new biotechnologies especially genetic engineering nicanor perlas a co-publication with zed books proponents of new biotechnologies claim how wonderful their benefits will be to agriculture and human health but scientists and citizen groups are also increasingly concerned about the potential costs and adverse effects of these biotechnologies especially genetic engineering this book by a filipino scientist and a major practitioner of sustainable agriculture begins with mae-wan ho ricarda a steinbrecher 1 fatal flaws in food safety assessment critique of the joint 11

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