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While cloned sheep and biomedical applications of DNA technology make headlines world-wide, the genetic modification and corporate takeover of our food supply is a quiet revolution. In the US, genetically altered foods are exempted from normal FDA and EPA testing of their effects on human health and the environment. Complete labelling is not required. You may know the calorie and fat content of that strawberry you're eating, but does it produce its own pesticides? Does it contain the genetic material of a fish? Around the world, scientists and activists are raising concerns about the threat to our health and the environment this technology may pose. In an independent investigation, Bailey and Lappe concluded that corporate profits are considered before public health, freedom of choice or ecological stability.
Britt Bailey holds a Master's Degree in Environmental Policy. Marc Lappe has a doctorate in Experimental Pathology. Both currently work at the Center for Ethics and Toxics (CETOS ). Their co-written book is Against the Grain: Biotechnology and the Corporate Takeover of Your Food.
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