Agricultural biotechnology and the environment : science, policy, and social issues / Sheldon Krimsky and Roger P. Wrubel.

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1996], ©1996.

294 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-283) and index

Technological innovation in agriculture -- Herbicide resistant crops -- Insect resistant plants -- Disease resistant crops -- Transgenic plant products -- Microbial pesticides -- Nitrogen-fixing bacteria -- Frost-inhibiting bacteria -- Animal growth hormones -- Transgenic animals -- The cultural and symbolic dimensions of agricultural biotechnology.