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Title: so-so overview of GMO
Review: Mr. Pringle has written the lastest book on transgenic plants, of which about a dozen others were previously penned. He tries to take a neutral stance, but he thinks Mae Wan-Ho, Jeremy Rifkin, Vandana Shiva, Puztai are legitimate scientists, when they are not.Alan McHughen's book is far better as a neutral, objective look.Even if he were more sympathetic to the need for transgenic plants to stave off starvation, the writing frequently doesn't go anywhere. Just when you think the chapter is heading somewhere, e..g, in the one about Monarch butterflies, he takes it back at the end. Several chapters are this way, seemingly building to an alarmist conclusion, then suddenly its, "Oh, well, it really didn't turn out so bad after all." Kinda disappointing, especially for over $20.
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