The Frankenfood Myth
Encyclopedia
The Frankenfood Myth: How Protest and Politics Threaten the Biotech Revolution is a book written by Hoover Institution
research
fellow Henry I. Miller
and political scientist Gregory Conko and published by Praeger Publishers published
in 2004. In it Conko argues against over-regulation of genetically modified food
and it features a foreword by Nobel Peace Prize
-winner Norman Ernest Borlaug
.
In an interview, Conko described Frankenfood Myth as follows:
A Barron's reviewer wrote:
Hoover Institution
The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded in 1919 by then future U.S. president, Herbert Hoover, an early alumnus of Stanford....
research
Research
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fellow Henry I. Miller
Henry I. Miller
Henry I. Miller is a Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, a conservative public policy think tank in the United States. He was an official at the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from...
and political scientist Gregory Conko and published by Praeger Publishers published
Publishing
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in 2004. In it Conko argues against over-regulation of genetically modified food
Genetically modified food
Genetically modified foods are foods derived from genetically modified organisms . Genetically modified organisms have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering techniques...
and it features a foreword by Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
-winner Norman Ernest Borlaug
Norman Borlaug
Norman Ernest Borlaug was an American agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate who has been called "the father of the Green Revolution". Borlaug was one of only six people to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal...
.
In an interview, Conko described Frankenfood Myth as follows:
- "It's not a point-by-point refutation of all the misconceptions that are being spread about agricultural biotechnology. The primary mess that we tackle has to do with an attitude that is being spread by both opponents of biotechnologyBiotechnologyBiotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...
and by a lot of its supporters that it is somehow uniquely risky and therefore should be subject to special caution and special regulatory oversight."
A Barron's reviewer wrote:
- "The heated debate over so-called Frankenfoods is not only about the pros and cons of genetically manipulating crops to improve their nutritional value and resistance to disease; it also concerns intellectual honesty. For years, activists opposed to the new science have been spreading unfounded and inaccurate horror stories, threatening to derail progress vitally needed to feed the world. The Frankenfood Myth by Henry Miller and Gregory Conko takes a long, hard look at both the new agricultural biotechnology and the policy debatePolicy debatePolicy debate is a form of speech competition in which teams of two advocate for and against a resolution that typically calls for policy change by the United States federal government or security discourse...
surrounding it."