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Core Concepts in Health, 9/e
Paul M. Insel, Stanford University School of Medicine
Walton T. Roth, Stanford University School of Medicine

Nutrition Basics

Chapter 12 in the News Links

Genetically Modified Foods

(See the In the News box on p. 344 in your text.)


For more information and a variety of perspectives on genetically modified foods, visit the following sites. Note: Some of these sites are sponsored by groups that have a clear agenda or point of view; use your critical thinking skills when evaluating information from these sites.

http://www.biotech-info.net AgBioTech InfoNet: Genetic Engineering Applications: Impacts and Implications

http://www.betterfoods.org Alliance for Better Foods

http://www.bio.org/aboutbio/guide2000/guide_agriculture.html Biotechnology Industry Organization

http://www.thecampaign.org The Campaign to Label GE Foods

http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org Center for Food Safety

http://www.colostate.edu/programs/lifesciences/TransgenicCrops Colorado State University: Transgenic Plants: An Introduction and Resource Guide

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides Environmental Protection Agency: Biopesticides

http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/AGRICULT/Default.htm Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agriculture Department

http://www.fda.gov/oc/biotech Food and Drug Administration: Bioengineered Foods

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/biotechm.html Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition: Biotechnology

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2001/101_fish.html Food and Drug Administration/FDA Consumer. A New Kind of Fish Story: The Coming of Biotech Animals

http://www.gefoodalert.org Genetically Engineered Food Alert Coalition

http://www.nationalacademies.org/webextra/crops National Academies: Technology to Feed the World

http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/ge Greenpeace Genetic Engineering Page

http://www.truefoodnow.org Greenpeace True Food Network

http://www.biotechbasics.com Monsanto: Biotech Basics

http://www.nffc.net/bio.htm National Family Farm Coalition: Biotech Issues

http://www.nap.edu/books/0309069300/html National Research Council: Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants: Science and Regulation (report available online)

http://special.northernlight.com/gmfoods Northern Light Special Edition: Genetically Modified Foods

http://www.oecd.org/ehs/icgb Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development: Biotechnology

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest PBS: Harvest of Fear: A Nova/Frontline Special Report Exploring the Growing Fight Over Genetically Modified Food

http://pewagbiotech.org Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology

http://www.psrast.org Physicians and Scientists for the Responsible Application of Technology

http://scope.educ.washington.edu/gmfood Science Controversies On-Line/Partnerships in Education: Genetically Modified Food

http://www.biotech.ucdavis.edu University of California, Davis: Biotechnology

http://www.agen.ufl.edu/~foodsaf/wi008.html University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center: Biotechnology and Food Glossary

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: Biotechnology

http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service

http://www.usda.gov/agencies/biotech/links U.S. Department of Agriculture, Links on Biotechnology