La peur de manquer de nourriture mais aussi les craintes sur la qualité des aliments ont poussé depuis le Moyen Age les Occidentaux à surveiller avec attention leur alimentation. Même si leur comportement face à l'alimentation a changé au fil du temps reste la peur de ne pas sav…
Introduces readers to eco-warriors such as Greenpeace and corporate giants such as Monsanto, discussing the new agricultural revolution of genetically engineered food and how it will affect the food supply and the world hunger epidemic.
Introduces readers to eco-warriors such as Greenpeace and corporate giants such as Monsanto, discussing the new agricultural revolution of genetically engineered food and how it will affect the food supply and the world hunger epidemic.
"Billions of dollars in public funding have been spent on novel nanomaterials, and the resulting products are entering the consumer world now: new paints and coatings; electric cars powered by nanomaterials in the battery, chassis, and tires; new renewable energy sources, to nam…
by United Nations Environment Programme, International Program on Chemical Safety, Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals, International Labour Organisation, World Health Organization
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Assembling a high profile group of scholars and practitioners, this book investigates the interplay of forecasting; warnings about, and responses to, known and unknown transnational risks. It challenges conventional accounts of 'failures' of warning and preventive policy in both…
