Genetically modified plants : assessing safety and managing risk /: assessing safety and managing risk. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: George T. Tzotzos, Graham P. Head, Roger Hull.
• Other Names: Tzotzos, George T; Hull, Roger, 1937-; Head, Graham P
• Contents: Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION; Conventional Approach; Improvement; Effects; Risk Assessment Methodologies; Technology; ; Chapter 2. RISK SOURCE CHARACTERISATION; Properties of donor organism; Properties of recipient organism; DNA; Selectable Markers; ; Chapter 3. EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; Release sites; Performance; Biological Properties; Impact on Human Health; Impact on Animals; Impact on the Environment; Case Studies; ; Chapter 4. RISK ASSESSMENT & RISK MANAGEMENT ? HUMAN HEALTH; Allergies; Unintentional Toxins; Resistance of Microbes to Antibiotics; Mitigation and Containment Approaches; Case Studies; ; Chapter 5. RISK ASSESSMENT & RISK MANAGEMENT ? ENVIRONMENT; Agricultural Environment; Peri-agricultural and ?natural? environment; Spread of Transgenes to non-GM crops; Gene Flow to Weeds and Feral Crop Species; Impact on Biodiversity of Crop Species and Wild Flora and Fauna; Generation of ?Superweeds?; Case Studies; Stewardship Procedures; Co-existence of GM and non-GM crops; Testing for GM; Modifying Agronomic Practices; ; Chapter 6. REGULATORY SYSTEMS; Current framework of GM regulation; International Conventions and Agreements; Major Regulatory Systems; Major Sources of Information; ; Chapter 7 THE POLITICS OF GM TECHNOLOGY; Development of Regulation of GM Crops; Risk Perception; Understanding the Scientific Process; Bioethical Aspects; Roles of NGOs, the media and industry; ; Chapter 8 THE FUTURE OF GM TECHNOLOGY; The Future of GM Products; Technology; Evolution of Regulatory Structures; ; Appendices; Further Reading List; Useful Internet Sites;
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 631.5233; Transgenic plants -- Risk assessment
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080920764; 0080920764
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