Genetic engineering : [electronic resource] opposing viewpoints / William Dudley, book editor.

Includes bibliographical references.

Ch.1. Is Genetic Engineering Beneficial? -- 1. Genetic Engineering is Beneficial / Monsanto Company -- 2. Genetic Engineering is Dangerous / Dick Russell -- 3. Genetic Engineering is Environmentally Safe / The National Academy of Sciences -- 4. Genetic Engineering Raises Environmental Concerns / Frances E. Sharples -- 5. Research in Genetic Engineering Must Proceed / G.J.V. Nossal -- 6. Research in Genetic Engineering Should be Halted / Linda Bullard -- Ch.2. Can Genetic Engineering Improve Health? -- 1. Humans Should be Genetically Redesigned / Brian Stableford -- 2. Human Should Not be Genetically Redesigned / Jeremy Rifkin -- 3. Genetic Engineering Can Cure Inherited Diseases / Jim Merritt -- 4. Genetic Engineering Cannot Cure Inherited Diseases / Stuart A. Newman -- 5. Mapping the Genetic Makeup of Humans Would Improve Health / Leon Jaroff -- 6. Mapping the Genetic Makeup of Humans Would Pose Ethical Dilemmas / George J. Annas -- Ch.3. Does Genetic Engineering Improve Agriculture? -- 1. Genetic Engineering Benefits Agriculture / Industrial Biotechnology Association -- 2. Genetic Engineering Harms Agriculture / Jack Doyle -- 3. Genetic Engineering Improves Farm Animals / Sandy Miller Hays -- 4. Genetic Engineering Harms Farm Animals / Michael W. Fox -- 5. Genetic Engineering Will Reduce World Hunger / Howard A. Schneiderman -- 6. Genetic Engineering Will Not Reduce World Hunger / Anne K. Hollander -- Ch.4. Is Genetic Engineering Adequately Regulated? -- 1. Government Regulation of Genetic Engineering is Adequate / John A. Moore & Kenneth A. Gilles -- 2. Government Regulation of Genetic Engineering is Inadequate / Sheldon Krimsky, Kostia Bergman, Nancy Connell, Seth Shulman & Nachama Wilker -- 3. Genetic Engineering Should Be Publicly Controlled / Barry Commoner -- 4. Genetic Engineering Should Be Privately Controlled / Fred L. Smith Jr. -- 5. Animal Patents Should Be Allowed / Lisa J. Raines -- 6. Animals Should Not Be Patented / John A. Hoyt -- Ch.5. Will Genetic Engineering Lead to a Biological Arms Race? -- 1. Genetic Engineering Will Lead to a Biological Arms Race / Charles Piller & Keith R. Yamamoto -- 2. Genetic Engineering Will Not Lead to a Biological Arms Race / William Bains -- 3. Biological Weapons Research Should Continue / Joseph D. Douglass Jr. -- 4. Biological Weapons Research Should End / Jay A. Jacobson -- 5. The Biological Weapons Convention Can End Proliferation / H. Allen Holmes -- 6. The Biological Weapons Convention is Useless / Douglas J. Feith