Genetically modified plants : assessing safety and managing risk
A transgenic organism is a plant, animal, bacterium, or other living organism that has had a foreign gene added to it by means of genetic engineering. This book provides the basic information for a wide range of people involved in the release of transgenic crops. It details mitigation techniques for...
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Burlington, MA :
Academic Press ,
2009
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Setting the context : agriculture and genetic modification
- 2. Principles of risk assessment
- 3. Risk assessment and management - human and animal health
- 4. Risk assessment and management - environment
- 5. Risk perception and public attitudes to GM
- 6. Regulatory frameworks