TY - BOOK ID - 8434418 TI - Safe or not safe : deciding what risks to accept in our environment and food PY - 2011 SN - 1489993010 1441978674 1441978682 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Food -- Biotechnology -- Safety measures. KW - Food -- Safety measures. KW - Food contamination -- Prevention. KW - Food industry and trade -- Safety measures. KW - Food spoilage -- Prevention. KW - Food KW - Environmental risk assessment KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Business & Economics KW - Agricultural Economics KW - Diet & Clinical Nutrition KW - Biomedical Engineering KW - Safety measures KW - Environmental risk assessment. KW - Safety measures. KW - Chemistry. KW - Genetic engineering. KW - Nutrition. KW - Quality control. KW - Reliability. KW - Industrial safety. KW - Food Science. KW - Genetic Engineering. KW - Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. KW - Biotechnology. KW - Risk assessment KW - Precautionary principle KW - Food science. KW - System safety. KW - Safety, System KW - Safety of systems KW - Systems safety KW - Accidents KW - Industrial safety KW - Systems engineering KW - Designed genetic change KW - Engineering, Genetic KW - Gene splicing KW - Genetic intervention KW - Genetic surgery KW - Genetic recombination KW - Biotechnology KW - Transgenic organisms KW - Alimentation KW - Nutrition KW - Health KW - Physiology KW - Diet KW - Dietetics KW - Digestion KW - Food habits KW - Malnutrition KW - Science KW - Prevention KW - Health aspects KW - Food—Biotechnology. KW - Nutrition   . KW - Industrial accidents KW - Industries KW - Job safety KW - Occupational hazards, Prevention of KW - Occupational health and safety KW - Occupational safety and health KW - Prevention of industrial accidents KW - Prevention of occupational hazards KW - Safety, Industrial KW - Safety engineering KW - Safety of workers KW - System safety KW - Dependability KW - Trustworthiness KW - Conduct of life KW - Factory management KW - Industrial engineering KW - Reliability (Engineering) KW - Sampling (Statistics) KW - Standardization KW - Quality assurance KW - Quality of products UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8434418 AB - Safe or Not Safe aims to present a comprehensive picture of food-related risk issues, as observed in daily life. Included are numerous real-life examples showing how scientists measure, assess, evaluate and manage potential risks, and how this helps us to decide  how to manage our food chain and ultimately the food we eat. The book is divided into four interrelated chapters. Chapter one deals with risk: Risk examples  are given from  our daily life, illustrating what we need to know about  risks and how to manage them. Chapter two addresses the risks  to biodiversity. Chapter three investigates the risks chemical contaminants pose to our health through the food chain. The final chapter reviews the last three decades of creating genetically engineered food, focusing not only on the science behind the technology, but also on issues, such as consumer choice and rights, politics, product usefulness, and the availability of alternatives. Aimed especially at food science professionals and educators, undergraduate and graduate students, health professionals, and an interested general public will also benefit greatly from this resource. ER -