This comprehensive introduction to the controversy over genetically altered food helps to fill the information gap left by the U.S. government's refusal to label these unproven and potentially disastrous Frankenfoods - which are now planted on 1/4 of U.S. croplands. Its 35 essays by experts in the fields of bioscience, law, religion, public policy, and international relations are divided into ten sections, each with an introduction by the editors. A glossary and bibliography are also included.