Science and Social Context : The Regulation of Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone in North America.
Title:
Science and Social Context : The Regulation of Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone in North America.
Author:
Mills, Lisa N.
ISBN:
9780773570276
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (222 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Acronyms -- 1 Overview -- 2 The Economic Context: The Political Economy of Agricultural Biotechnology -- 3 The Political Context in the United States -- 4 The Political Context in Canada -- 5 The Scientific Debate -- 6 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V.
Abstract:
The first major product of agricultural biotechnology was recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH, also know as rbST), a drug produced by Monsanto to increase milk production in cows. Following worldwide debate about its safety, it was approved in the United States in 1993 but rejected in Canada and Europe in 1999. In Science and Social Context Lisa Mills looks at how regulatory scientists arrive at conclusions about product safety, given the constraints of the environment in which they work.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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