| Main Title |
Manufacturing drugs and chemicals in crops : biopharming poses new threats to consumers, farmers, food companies and the environment / |
| Author |
Freese, Bill.
|
| Publisher |
Friends of the Earth, |
| Year Published |
2002 |
| OCLC Number |
57406890 |
| Subjects |
Agricultural biotechnology ;
Crops--Genetic engineering--Environmental aspects ;
Transgenic plants--Risk assessment
|
| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJBD |
SB123.57.F57 2002 |
|
Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
01/14/2005 |
|
| Collation |
{104} p. ; 28 cm. |
| Notes |
July 2002. |
| Contents Notes |
Executive summary.-- Recommendations.-- Introduction.-- What is a biopharmaceutical?-- The vast unknown.-- Why grow drugs in plants?-- Health risks in drug-growing plants.-- Environmental impacts of drug-growing plants.-- Regulation of drug-growing plants-- What will biopharming mean for farmers?-- Bibliography.--Appendix 1: Reducing the uncertainty.-- Appendix 2: Avidin Corn: lab experiment in the field.-- Appendix 3: Aprotinin and protease inhibitors.-- Appendix 4: Virally-vectored trichosanthin in tobacco.-- Appendix 5: Alternatives to open-air biopharming.-- Appendix 6: Biopharmaceutical plant field trials in the U.S. |
| Place Published |
{Washington, DC} : |
| Access Notes |
Available on the Internet. Viewed: 01/11/2005. |
| Corporate Au Added Ent |
Friends of the Earth - United States. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
2002. |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20050112095209 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
01606nam 2200265Ka 45020 |
