Genetically modified food is in the news and on our plates. And while consumers may not have known they were being used as lab rats, America's uncontrolled experiment with such "inventions" as StarLink corn, with its built-in insecticide, is already well under way. In Eating in the Dark, 　　environmental journalist Kathleen Hart examines the battles being fought in boardrooms, grocery stores, and government agencies over the creation, distribution, and regulation of genetically engineered organisms. The truth is quite disturbing. Companies like Monsanto began releasing modified seeds to farmers in the 1990s, but consumers weren't informed. From baby formula made from engineered soybeans to taco shells that cause dangerous allergy attacks, the stories here are well-researched and frightening. Hart accuses the U.S.

PROLOGUE The Food Experiment

ONE Force-fed Consumers

TWO Altered Staples

THREE Pusztai's Potaroes

FOUR Who's Minding the Garden?

FIVE Gumpowder and Corn Embryos

SIX Pesticide in a Spud

SEVEN Sound Science,Sterile Seeds

EIGHT Lethal Corn Pollen

NINE Dying on the Vine

TEN Global Food Fight

ELEVEN Seeds of Dispute

TWELVE Golden Rice

THIRTEEN StarLink and Tacos

FOURTEEN Future Food Security

AFTERWORD Pig Vaccine in Your Ceral Bowl?

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