“What the public needs to understand is that these new technologies, especially in recombinant DNA technology, allow scientists to bypass biological boundaries altogether.”
— Jeremy Rifkin
Author: Jeremy Rifkin
Category: technology
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“I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in history in which the public thoroughly discussed all the potential benefits and all the potential harms, in advance of the technology coming online and running its course.”
— Jeremy Rifkin
Author: Jeremy Rifkin
Category: history
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“Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops.”
— Jeremy Rifkin
Author: Jeremy Rifkin
Category: government
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“The American public is not aware that there might be potential allergenic and toxic reactions. With regular food, at least people know which foods they have an allergy to.”
— Jeremy Rifkin
Author: Jeremy Rifkin
Category: food
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“Many of the mainstream agricultural scientists, especially at the agricultural schools, but at all of our major universities, are tied into all sorts of contractual relationships and consulting relationships with the life science companies.”
— Jeremy Rifkin
Author: Jeremy Rifkin
Category: science
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“I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in history in which the public thoroughly discussed all the potential benefits and all the potential harms, in advance of the technology coming online and running its course.”
— Jeremy Rifkin
Author: Jeremy Rifkin
Category: technology
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“The interesting thing is, while we die of diseases of affluence from eating all these fatty meats, our poor brethren in the developing world die of diseases of poverty, because the land is not used now to grow food grain for their families.”
— Jeremy Rifkin
Author: Jeremy Rifkin
Category: food
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“We are already producing enough food to feed the world. We already have technology in place that allows us to produce more than we can find a market for.”
— Jeremy Rifkin
Author: Jeremy Rifkin
Category: technology
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“We are already producing enough food to feed the world. We already have technology in place that allows us to produce more than we can find a market for.”
— Jeremy Rifkin
Author: Jeremy Rifkin
Category: food
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“Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops.”
— Jeremy Rifkin
Author: Jeremy Rifkin
Category: food
Tags: food, Jeremy Rifkin