Pesticides and GMOs / Yea Jee Bae, book editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Do the benefits of pesticides outweigh their dangers? Pesticides should only be a last resort / Nick Mole ; Pesticide use can be justified / Wasim Aktar, Dwaipayan Sengupta, and Ashim Chowdhury ; Pesticides risk human health in developing countries / Forum for Agricultural Risk Management in Development ; Pesticides protect humans from disease-carrying pests / OARS, Inc. ; Pesticides make it harder to kill disease-carrying pests / Insecticide Resistance Action Committee -- How do pesticides and GMOs affect the agriculture industry? Pesticides and modern crop practices accelerate agricultural damage / Miguel A. Altieri and Clara Ines Nicholls ; Superweeds make evident the need for sustainable solutions / Union of Concerned Scientists ; Chemical corporations are the main beneficiaries of GMOs / Nathanael Johnson ; Using pesticides produces greater crop yields / Sarah Armstrong and John Clough ; Agrochemical farming is harmful and will not achieve food security / Felicity Lawrence -- Do GMOs pose a threat to our health? Scientific consensus on GMOs say they're safe / Mark Lynas ; There is no scientific consensus on GMOs / Angelika Hilbeck et al. ; Consumption of GE crops shows no adverse effects / Kelly Servick ; Plant evolution has been occurring since before gene-editing technology / American Society of Plant Biologists ; Gene-editing has major difference from conventional plant evolution / Nathanael Johnson -- Do pesticides and GMOs need stricter regulation? Better management of pesticides is needed / Frank Eyhorn, Tina Roner, and Heiko Specking ; GMOs should be labeled for transparency / Mark Fergusson ; Labeling GMOs may create misleading stigma / Steve Armstrong ; There is insufficient safety testing for GMOs / Gary Ruskin ; There is sufficient safety testing for GMOs / Alan McHughen.