Food, Inc. : Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest
Peter Pringle (Author)

List Price:   $24.00

Hardcover: 356 pages

Publisher: Simon & Schuster; (June 10, 2003)

ISBN: 0743226119

I found this to be the best book on the agricultural biotechnology controversy that I’ve read.  Pringle is a journalist and the book covers all of the major events in the last few years (monarch butterflies being fed Bt corn pollen, Starlink in taco shells, etc.) in what I felt was a balanced way.  The critics of “Frankenfoods” won’t like this book; gung ho ag biotech advocates might not like it either.  (Yes, Monsanto was arrogant and yes it was stupid to pursue an approval for corn that would be OK as feed but not approved for human consumption and expect segregation to keep it out of the human food supply.)  JdK

Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies About the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You're Eating
Jeffrey M. Smith

List Price:   $17.95

Paperback: 304 pages

Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co; (September 2003)

ISBN: 0972966587

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I read this book right after the first, and I was disappointed in its treatment of the same events.  I found it to be more of a tract than a scholarly work.  But it is representative of the arguments of those who oppose GMOs.  JdK

Against the Grain: Biotechnology and the Corporate Takeover of Your Food
Marc Lappe, Britt Bailey, Mare Lappe

Paperback: 150 pages

Publisher: LPC; Reprint edition (September 1998)

ISBN: 1567511503

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Lappe’ has written several interesting books on health, agriculture, and the environment.  This is an interesting examination of the politics of the opposition genetically engineered crops JdK

Brave New Worlds: Staying Human in the Genetic Future
Bryan Appleyard

Hardcover: 198 pages

Publisher: Viking Press; (August 1998)

ASIN: 0670869899

Genetic Engineering Dream or Nightmare?: The Brave New World of Science and Business
Mae-Wan Ho

Paperback: 304 pages

Publisher: Gateway Books;

ISBN: 1858600510

Dr. Ho is one of the major European critics of GMOs and one of its major critics who holds scientific credentials.  JdK

Exploding the Gene Myth : How Genetic Information Is Produced and Manipulated by Scientists, Physicians, Employers, Insurance Companies, Educators, and Law Enforcers
Ruth Hubbard (Author), Elijah Wald

List Price:   $17.50

Paperback: 248 pages

Publisher: Beacon Press; (May 1999)

ISBN: 0807004316 | All Editions

The Human Body Shop: The Cloning, Engineering, and Marketing of Life
Andrew Kimbrell, Bernard Nathanson (Introduction)

List Price:   $14.95

Paperback: 349 pages

Publisher: Regnery Publishing; 2nd edition (January 1998)

ISBN: 0895264188

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Altered Genes: Reconstructing Nature: The Debate
R. A. Hindmarsh

Hardcover: 228 pages

Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited (Australia); (January 1998)

ISBN: 186448795X

Access to the Genome: The Challenge to Equality
Maxwell J. Mehlman, Jeffrey R. Botkin

List Price:   $17.95

Paperback: 152 pages

Publisher: Georgetown University Press; (April 1998)

ISBN: 0878406786

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The Ecological Risks of Engineered Crops

Jane Rissler (Author), Margaret Mellon (Author)

List Price:   $21.00

Paperback: 192 pages

Publisher: MIT Press; (April 5, 1996)

ISBN: 0262680858

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Genetic Maps and Human Imaginations: The Limits of Science in Understanding Who We Are
Barbara Katz Rothman

List Price:   $24.95

Hardcover: 272 pages

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company; (October 1998)

ISBN: 0393047032

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Owning the Future
by Seth Shulman

List Price:   $25.00

Hardcover: 224 pages

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co; (February 19, 1999)

ASIN: 0395841755