Product Description

Worldwide industry manipulation and political collusion, rather than sound science, have brought dangerous genetically engineered food into our daily diet. This text reveals that company research is rigged and that political and corporate bullying form the seedy background to the spread of GM crops.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #295353 in Books
• Published on: 2004-04-22
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Customer Reviews

GM Foods - possible health risks.
This UK edition of Seeds of Deception has a foreword by Michael Meacher, who calls it a brilliant book and I can only agree, as it shines a light on the development of genetically modified crops (known as genetically engineered crops in the US) and their possible health risks to consumers. It is not a difficult book to read; Jeffrey Smith has taken a complex subject and managed to explain it to the reader in a very accessible way. I became concerned about GM foods because of allergies in my family; I now know that there may be far more than allergies to be concerned about. Each chapter takes a different aspect of the genetic modification of food, and each chapter has plenty of revelatory material. And in case you wonder why you are learning many of the facts in this book for the first time, Chapter 7 is titled 'Muscling the Media' and explains that 'it is no accident.'

Interspersed between each chapter is a short story of the wisdom of animals e.g. Wisdom of the Cows, Wisdom of the Geese. Given a choice between GM crops and non-GM crops, it seems that animals prefer the non-GM variety.

This is an important book for informing the public about this technology, and I highly recommend it to the reader.

Seeds of Deception
This book provides factual evidence of how the biotech giants and governments (mainly US and UK), in pursuit of more and more financial gain, are trying to force this technology on to the public. It highlights what can only be described as thuggery and intimidation the methods which the biotech companies use to prevent any debate to scientifically discuss this technology, hiding evidence which point to the real dangers to human and animal health.

A highly recommended book which everyone who is concerned about retaining their choice to eat non-GMO food should read.

Corporate power
This book reveals that state corruption is not restrained to Latin American nations. This book reveals the power that has been given to multinational corporations. This book reveals how press and consumer initiatives are silenced and steamrollered over if they do not serve corporate interest. This book shows how little concern is given to a nation's health and wellbeing when corporate interest comes into play, and with it lots of "sponsor" money.

What I did not like about it is that the author took the middle part out of many citations, thus giving critics the weapon to claim the arguments cited are taken out of context. The timelines are often confusing, there are many repetitions, and the book is all in all a bit on the sensationalist side. This book raises almost as many questions as it tries to answer.

Very interesting is the chapter about GM foods on the market, which gives good advise which foods to avoid if one can financially afford to choose this path. It is not a detailed and 100% accurate list - it can't be, given that corn and soy derivatives are so omnipresent in the foods generally available, and the inclined consumer will have to shop with eyes wide open and sometimes develop a sixth sense.

Overall still makes for an OK read.