By Jeremy Rifkin

"...Rifkin does have a gift for raising relevant issues and real concerns. We should indeed try to understand the powers we have before employing them and to work through the ethical issues they raise."
-- The New York Times Book Review

By Evelyn Fox Keller

"Its coiner airily defined the word gene as "an expression for the 'unit factors'. . . demonstrated by modern Mendelian researches." It wasn't until the 1953 description of DNA that the little word's meaning solidified. Since then, Keller shows, it has deliquesced, because what a gene did and how it did it proved more complicated than anyone had anticipated."
-- Booklist

by Richard Lewontin

"The time has come when further progress in our understanding of nature requires that we reconsider the relationship between the outside and the inside, between organism and environment."
-- From The Triple Helix

by Brian Tokar

"The book is a superb collection of essays chronicling the development of biotechnology and the social reaction it has caused."
-- GeneWatch

by Lori Andrews

"Yesterday's science fiction is today's litigation, and nobody knows that better than Lori B. Andrews, an attorney specializing in genetic and reproductive technology. Her book The Clone Age is a personal look at the sweeping changes that have affected the way we think of making babies: in vitro fertilization (IVF), surrogate motherhood, and, of course, the very real prospect of human cloning."
-- Amazon.com

Edited by Andrew Kimbrell

"How and why has agriculture, an endeavor that for millennia involved intimate knowledge of and profound respect for nature and place, become so industrialized that it's wreaking havoc all around the world? And what can people do about it? ... Seminal thinkers ... make the distinction between agrarian and industrial agriculture, assess the treacherous divide between them, and chronicle the catastrophic unintended consequences of monoculture farming, genetically engineered seeds, and the massive use of toxic pesticides and fertilizers."
--Booklist

By Mark Lappe and Britt Bailey

Current Events. Science. Do genetically engineered food crops really offer the "risk-free" breadbasket for the world promised by biotechnology companies like Monsanto? Or are there serious risks to human health and the ecosphere hidden in this silent revolution? AGAINST THE GRAIN slashes through biotechnology's propaganda, revealing the science and politics behind "transgenic" foods to show how biotech companies incresingly engineer what you eat to be compatible with their chemicals -- but not necessarily good for human health.

Edited by Mark Lappe and Britt Bailey

"The authors attempt to go beyond the narrow scientific questions that currently characterize the debate, suggesting that the broad issues of social power and our relationship with nature are integral to an understanding of the problem."
-- Book News, Inc.

Edited by Mark A. Rothstein

The dramatic explosion of information brought about by recent advances in genetic research brings welcome scientific knowledge. Yet this new knowledge also raises complex and troubling issues concerning privacy and confidentiality. This thought-provoking book is the first comprehensive exploration of these ethical, legal, and social issues.

By Joshua Lederberg

The essays in this book, many of which were originally published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, examine the medical, scientific, and political dimensions of limiting the threat posed by biological weapons. The contributors consider the current threat posed by biological weapons, the history of attempts to control them, episodes in which biological agents have been used, Iraq's biological warfare program, and policies that the United States might pursue to reduce the threat.

By Ken Alibek

"Alibek, who defected to the United States, describes the routine danger of his work: 'A bioweapons lab leaves its mark on a person forever.' An unending stream of vaccinations has destroyed his sense of smell, afflicted him with allergies, made it impossible to eat certain kinds of food, and 'weakened my resistance to disease and probably shortened my life.' But it didn't take away his ability to tell an astonishing story."
-- Amazon.com

by Lori Andrews

"The dream of harnessing biology's regenerative powers for curative, life-extending and even cosmetic purposes has begun to become a reality.... But, the authors warn, this new and promising era has a dark side. People's tissues, cells and genes are increasingly being perceived as natural resources to be harvested and transformed into value-added commodities. And the economy that has evolved around this burgeoning industry threatens to wreak ethical havoc."
--Scientific American

by Martin Teitel, PhD & Kimberley A. Wilson
foreword by Ralph Nader

"Cuts through all the hype and misconceptions surrounding genetically engineered food and provides the indispensible primer for every family in America. It is informed, intellgent, and chock-full of common sense. I urge every consumer to read this book before walking into a supermarket again."
-- Jeremy Rifkin, author of The Biotech Century

by Sheldon Krimsky and Roger Wrubel

Sheldon Krimsky and Roger Wrubel explore the impact of genetic engineering on agriculture from scientific, social, ethical, and ecological perspectives. University of Illinois Press, 1996, 294 pages.

by Ruth Hubbard and Elijah Wald

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Written by renowned biologist and CRG board member Ruth Hubbard with Elijah Wald, this book examines how genetic information is manipulated by scientists, physicians, employers, insurance companies, educators, and law enforcers. Beacon Press, 1999 edition, 200 pages.

edited by Paul R. Billings

This volume, edited by CRG board member Paul R. Billings, was created following a symposium held at the 1991 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It contains chapters on DNA typing, Descional Law and DNA Evidence, Statistical Issues, and Civil Liberties Impacts.