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090 _aTP248.215 .P43 2010
100 1 _aPeacock, Kathy Wilson
245 1 0 _aBiotechnology and genetic engineering /
_cKathy Wilson Peacock ; foreword by Charles Hagedorn
260 _aNew York :
_bFacts on File,
_cc2010
300 _axiv, 349 p. :
_bill., map ;
_c24 cm.
490 1 _aGlobal issues
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505 0 _aThe issue -- Focus on the United States -- Global perspective -- United States documents -- International documents -- How to research biotechnology -- Facts and figures -- Key players A to Z -- Organizations and agencies
520 _aExplains why biotechnology is a relevant and volatile issues. Begins with a history of biotechnology and its effect on agriculture, medicine, and the environment. Equal space is devoted to discussing the efforts of human-rights advocates, animal-rights advocates, and environmentalists to create definitive governmental regulations for this budding industry
650 0 _aBiotechnology
_vPopular works
650 0 _aGenetic engineering
_vPopular works
830 0 _aGlobal issues (Facts on File, Inc.)
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