Ralph Nader

Michael Fortun

Abstract: This book is a composite of information regarding the vast variety of food contaminants and food additives. An introduction, written by Ralph Nadar, addresses the need for increased regulatory enforcement of food products. There is a flood of pollutants, animal drug residues, chemical additives, and unsanitary conditions which contaminate the lengthy food chain from the fields and ranches to the marketplace and, finally, the dinner table. Nader argues that food safety laws are weak and under used. This resource book of selected readings responds to those who wish to know more about the hazards in our food and what can be done about them. People can organize to support government and community initiatives to insure that their food is safer.

Food Safety and the Chemical Harvest : Selected Readings

Eating Clean

E. Mendelsohn

That concern about human genetics is at the top of many lists of issues requiring intense discussion from scientific, political, social, and ethical points of view is today no surprise. It was in the spirit of attempting to establish the basis for intelligent discussion of the issues involved that a group of us gathered at a meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology in the Summer of 1995 at Brandeis University and began an exploration of these questions in earlier versions of the papers presented here. Our aim was to cross disciplines and jump national boundaries, to be catholic in the methods and approaches taken, and to bring before readers interested in the emerging issues of human genetics well-reasoned, informative, and provocative papers. The initial conference and elements of the editorial work which have followed were generously supported by the Stifterverband fUr die Deutsche Wissenschaft. We thank Professor Peter Weingart of Bielefeld University for his assistance in gaining this support. As Editors, we thank the anonymous readers who commented upon and critiqued many of the papers and in tum made each paper a more valuable contribution. We also thank the authors for their understanding and patience. Michael Fortnn Everett Mendelsohn Cambridge, MA September 1998 vii INTRODUCTION In 1986, the annual symposium at the venerable Cold Spring Harbor laboratories was devoted to the "Molecular Biology of Homo sapiens.

The Practices of Human Genetics

Part detective story, part exposé and part travelogue, this book investigates one of the signature biotech stories of our time and, in doing so, opens a window onto the world of genome science. Fortun examines how deCODE Genetics in Iceland became one of the wealthiest, and most scandalous, companies of its kind.

Michael Fortun

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