Intervention: Confronting the Real Risks of Genetic Engineering and Life on a Biotech Planet

by Denise Caruso

ISBN: 978-0-6151-3553-3
Publisher: The Hybrid Vigor Institute
Rights Owner: Denise Caruso
Copyright: © 2006  Standard Copyright License
Language: English
Country: United States
  • Paperback book $17.95

Printed: 270 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink

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Recipient of a 2007 IPPY Silver Medal, INTERVENTION challenges two of the most sacred tenets of modern society, innovation and technology, from the perspective of the unique risks they present. Using genetic engineering as its model, it paints a vivid picture of the scientific uncertainties that biotech risk evaluations dismiss or ignore, and lays bare the power and money conflicts between academia, industry and regulators that have sped these risky innovations to the market. Intervention champions an alternative method for assessing the risks of technology, developed by the world's top risk experts, that can eliminate such conflicts, help regain public trust in science and government, and drive research and development toward more useful, safer products. "Perhaps the most balanced and readable look yet at assessing the risks of genetic engineering." Michael Rogers, MSNBC.com "I learned more about biotechnology from this book than any other I've read ..." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging.com

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NATURE review by Allison Snow, Ph.D. [ No Rating ] 2 Jul 2007
In Intervention, Denise Caruso challenges scientists to do a better job of evaluating the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and communicating unbiased findings to the public ... One of the major strengths of the book is its accessibility to a general audience. ... Sadly, many of the experts and industry representatives whom she targets are unlikely to read the book, although they should.
Steven Johnson reviews INTERVENTION [ No Rating ] 2 Jul 2007
[Denise Caruso's] powerful and essential new book, 'Intervention,' takes as its primary case study the sorry state of real debate -- in the U.S. at least -- over the long-term implications of genetic engineering. As Denise writes, 'We re more than just too far down the road with transgenic technologies. I'm not sure we even know what road we're on; we're driving too fast to read the signs. But 'Intervention' is wrestling with an even more profound question: how we measure and anticipate risk with such complex, open-ended technologies. Denise makes it clear how 'spectacularly nearsighted' we tend to be when evaluating radical new advances. And when we're meddling with the primary forces of nature -- to quote Ned Beatty's speech from 'Network' -- we can't afford to be nearsighted. Fortunately, we have people like Denise Caruso to improve our vision. - Steven Johnson, best-selling author of 'Ghost Map' and 'Mind Wide Open'
Review by Alex Steffen, Worldchanging.com [ No Rating ] 2 Jul 2007
I learned more about biotechnology from this book than any other I've read ... Caruso lays out in chilling detail exactly why even (perhaps especially) those of us who are strong supporters of science and innovation ought to be extremely concerned about the unintended consequences of contemporary biotechnological industrial research.... [INTERVENTION] offers such clear thinking it becomes a step towards solutions. And when the person ringing the alarm bell is no luddite, but one of our brightest technology writers, the alarm demands our attention.
Michael Rogers' Review of INTERVENTION [ No Rating ] 2 Jul 2007
Perhaps the most balanced and readable look yet at assessing the risks of genetic engineering. ... One can only hope that the meticulously-argued INTERVENTION will receive a wide reading in Washington, where our national risk assessment policies are forged. Otherwise, it's hard to imagine that we will manage to avoid another thalidomide or Chernobyl, but this time with potential damages that could span continents and last for generations. ... INTERVENTION makes a strong case that it doesn't have to be that way. --Michael Rogers, 'The Practical Futurist,' MSNBC
This an important and accessible book
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8 Jan 2007
This a great book - the title may sound intimidating, but the content is very accessible.

Denise Caruso's Intervention gave me a clear, rationally and historically grounded understanding of the issues surrounding our latest capabilities to alter our environment, AND how the government should move forward to better protect Americans. I enjoy having a framework, with facts, to better understand biotech and my world.

This book is a great and important read for everyone interested in maintaining a livable biosphere for humans.

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