Download or read book Genes on the Menu written by Paul Pechan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-01-17 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only little more than a decade ago the term "genetic engineering" was hardly known outside research laboratories. Today it regularly makes headlines in the news. Supporters and opponents as well tell us that it could change our lives more than any other technological advance. This book delivers the state-of-the-art facts in order to empower the public to make knowledge-based decisions about plant biotechnology and GM crops and GM food, in particular. It discusses the hot topics of the present debate in a neutral manner and will function as a personal reference book for the interested public, for decision maker, and managers of consumer organisations.