Science and Social Context - The Regulation of Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone in North America

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.

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Lisa Nicole Mills

Summary

A critical analysis of regulation of the intensely controversial recombinant bovine growth hormone.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa N Mills, Lisa N. Mills, Lisa Nicole Mills
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.05.2002
• EAN: 9780773523753
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-2375-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 228 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 349 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Kanada, Public Health und Präventivmedizin, Agrarwissenschaften