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Seeds, Science, and Struggle Food, Health, and the Environment Series editor: Robert Gottlieb, Henry R. Luce Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy, Occidental College Keith Douglass Warner, Agroecology in Action: Extending Alternative Agriculture through Social Networks Christopher M. Bacon, V. Ernesto Méndez, Stephen R. Gliessman, David Goodman, and Jonathan A. Fox, eds., Confronting the Coffee Crisis: Fair Trade, Sustainable Livelihoods, and Ecosystems in Mexico and Central America Thomas A. Lyson, G. W. Stevenson, and Rick Welsh, eds., Food and the Mid-Level Farm: Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle Jennifer Clapp and Doris Fuchs, eds., Corporate Power in Global Agrifood Governance Robert Gottlieb and Anupama Joshi, Food Justice Jill Lindsey Harrison, Pesticide Drift and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice Alison Alkon and Julian Agyeman, eds., Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability Abby Kinchy, Seeds, Science, and Struggle: The Global Politics of Transgenic Crops Seeds, Science, and Struggle The Global Politics of Transgenic Crops Abby Kinchy The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and re- trieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. MIT Press books may be purchased at special quantity discounts for business or sales pro- motional use. For information, please email [email protected] or write to Spe- cial Sales Department, The MIT Press, 55 Hayward Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. This book was printed on recycled paper and set in Sabon by the MIT Press. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kinchy, Abby J. Seeds, science, and struggle : the global politics of transgenic crops / Abby Kinchy. p. cm. — (Food, health, and the environment) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-262-01781-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-262-51774-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Transgenic plants—Risk assessment. 2. Plant genetic engineering— Political aspects. 3. Plant genetic engineering—Risk assessment. I. Title. SB123.57.K48 2012 632ʹ.8—dc23 2011053204 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For my parents Contents Series Foreword ix Acknowledgments xi List of Acronyms xv 1 Introduction: Genes Out of Place 1 2 Free Markets, Sound Science 25 3 The Maize Movement and Expert Advice 49 4 The Politics of Biosafety Monitoring 75 5 Patents on Out-of-Place Genes 101 6 Protecting Organic Markets 127 7 Conclusion: Science and Struggles for Change 153 Notes 165 References 181 Index 211 Series Foreword I am pleased to present the eighth book in the Food, Health, and the Environment series. This series explores the global and local dimensions of food systems, and examines issues of access, justice, and environmen- tal and community well-being. It includes books that focus on the way food is grown, processed, manufactured, distributed, sold, and consumed. Among the matters addressed are what foods are available to commu- nities and individuals, how those foods are obtained, and what health and environmental factors are embedded in food-system choices and out- comes. The series not only concentrates on food security and well-being but also regional, state, national, and international policy decisions as well as economic and cultural forces. Food, Health, and the Environment books provide a window into the public debates, theoretical consider- ations, and multidisciplinary perspectives that have made food systems and their connections to health and environment important subjects of study. Robert Gottlieb, Occidental College Series editor
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