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An investigation of science, politics and our food production system, this text exposes the bogus science, political interference and flawed policies that threaten our food supply. The author tells the story of BSE, revealing how top scientists have been muzzled and how the epidemic continues. Then, against a backdrop of burning cows, Andrew Rowell exposes how trade and macro-economic policies overruled good science in the foot and mouth catastrophe. He also opens the black box of the so-called GM revolution to expose the myth behind the marketing. In tracing how critics are silenced in the bottom-line climate of commercialized science and privatized knowledge, Rowell tells the true story of the widely publicized Pusztai GM potato scandal of the late 1990s and the ongoing Mexican maize GM contamination affair. Finally, the book offers radical solutions to make science work in the public interest and provide food that really is safe to eat.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface (p. vii)
• Acknowledgements (p. ix)
• Acronyms and Abbreviations (p. x)
• Chapter 1 Introduction (p. 1)
• Chapter 2 Safe to Eat (p. 9)
• BSE - a distant memory or living nightmare? (p. 9)
• Relaxing the rules? (p. 12)
• The only certainty is uncertainty (p. 15)
• The first BSE outbreak (p. 19)
• The Phillips Inquiry (p. 21)
• MAFF - the 'Ministry of Truth' (p. 23)
• Cover-up and censorship? (p. 26)
• A slow policy of sedation (p. 27)
• The Southwood Committee (p. 28)
• Short-term economics continue to overrule long-term health (p. 30)
• Chapter 3 Treated with Derision (p. 32)
• Dr Alan Dickinson (p. 32)
• Dr Tim Holt (p. 36)
• Dr Helen Grant (p. 39)
• Professor Richard Lacey (p. 41)
• Dr Stephen Dealler (p. 44)
• Dr Harash Narang (p. 47)
• Mark Purdey (p. 51)
• Chapter 4 Silent Spread (p. 55)
• Professor Fred Brown (p. 55)
• Modelling your way into a mess (p. 63)
• Small-holders speak out (p. 65)
• To vaccinate or not to vaccinate (p. 69)
• The not-so-public, public enquiries (p. 72)
• Waste not, want not (p. 74)
• Chapter 5 Hot Potato (p. 78)
• Arpad Pusztai (p. 79)
• The Con A controversy (p. 84)
• The 150 seconds that changed the GM debate (p. 86)
• The riddle of the Rowett (p. 87)
• Why were Pusztai's results so threatening? (p. 92)
• The Audit (p. 97)
• Chapter 6 The 'Star Chamber' (p. 103)
• The Royal Society (p. 103)
• The House of Commons Select Committee (p. 109)
• The Royal Society Working Group (p. 113)
• The Lancet (p. 114)
• The Royal Society revisited (p. 120)
• Chapter 7 Stars in their Eyes (p. 124)
• The USA (p. 125)
• StarLink (p. 130)
• Europe (p. 138)
• Substantial equivalence (p. 145)
• Chapter 8 Immoral Maize (p. 149)
• A virtual world (p. 156)
• The fall-out continues (p. 160)
• Statements for and against (p. 162)
• When is a retraction not a retraction? (p. 163)
• Is GM contamination beneficial? (p. 167)
• Chapter 9 Science for Sale (p. 170)
• Realigning the Research Councils (p. 176)
• What commercialization means for science (p. 179)
• Corruption of integrity (p. 181)
• The degradation of science (p. 185)
• Chapter 10 Whitehall Whitewash (p. 187)
• The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (p. 187)
• The Food Standards Agency (p. 190)
• Chapter 11 Towards Safe Food and Public Interest Science (p. 199)
• Towards safe and sustainable food (p. 199)
• Public interest science (p. 214)
• Notes (p. 220)
• Index (p. 261)

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