Eichenwald, Kurt.

Redesigning Nature: Hard Lessons Learned--Biotechnology Food: From.... / Kurt Eichenwald. - New York Times, 2001. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 42. Health, 1522-323X; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Originally Published: Redesigning Nature: Hard Lessons Learned--Biotechnology Food: From..., Jan. 25, 2001; pp. A1+.

While the debate over biotechnology has become especially heated in the twenty-first century, the controversy began in 1970 when a researcher announced that she and her adviser "were preparing to take genes from a monkey virus and put them into a commonly used strain of bacteria, E. coli, as part of an effort to figure out the purposes of different parts of the gene." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article traces the evolution of genetically modified foods, addresses the Monsanto Company's political appeals to the Reagan and Bush (1988) administrations and explores Monsanto's efforts to appease groups that lobbied against its progress.

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Monsanto Company.


Agricultural biotechnology.
Biotechnology industries.
Food--Biotechnology.
Food--Labeling.
Food law and legislation.
Genetically modified foods.
Transgenic organisms.

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