01549nam a22002177a 4500 20220401163817.0 220401b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 8185569177 AL English 23 575.10724 PERO Nicanor Perlas 27366 Overcoming Illusions About Biotechnology Goa The Other India Press 1994 119 p. PB 21.5x13.5 cm. ₹75.00 ₹ ₹75.00 Proponents of the new biotechnologies claim how wonderful their benefits will be to agriculture and human health. But scientists and citizen groups are also increasingly concerned about the potential costs and adverse effects of these biotechnologies, especially genetic engineering. This book, by a Filipino scientist and a major practitioner of sustainable agriculture, begins with a general critique of the new agriculture biotechnologies. it then examines in detail the environmental, social, political, and ethical impacts of the new biotechnologies. It concludes with proposals to control the biotechnology revolution and for sustainable agriculture alternatives that need not depend on genetic engineering. This book is a timely contribution to one of the most critical controversies of our times, advocating for greater public awareness and adequate social control over a new technology that claims to be near-miraculous but may prove to be disastrous. Biotechnology 27367 PERLAS (Nicanor) 27368 ddc GF 222150 222150 0 0 ddc 0 0 BT AL AL 2013-02-24 0 575.10724 PERO GF03603 2022-04-01 00:00:00 2022-04-01 GF