Title: Bad Science and Exaggerated Claims make this book useless
Product review: First, much of this book deals with issues in the delivery of healthcare, not genetics. Second, while genetic engineering poses serious risks that must be managed by our government, the authors have proposed one of the most ludicrous ones in their chapter "Silent Bombs" discusion of Monsanto's "Terminator" gene. They write "It renders crop plants sterile, thus enclosed, monopolized, and growable only from patented one year seed...If the gene spread into the wild, it could sterilize other species and possibly drive them to extinction." (p. 190-191) I'm embarrased to be caught with this book! I guess the authors never heard the joke "If your parents were sterile, does that mean you also cannot have children?" Need I say more about these authors.
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