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Magazine Article - New Scientist

Book Review: Designs on Nature: Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States by Sheila Jasanoff

| Sep. 10, 2005

To the casual observer, French farmers might seem to have little in common with Californian vine growers. They operate on different continents and in different political and, arguably, moral environments. But both groups exist in societies that have benefited from rapid advances in technology in the last century. And despite this, both are united in scepticism of the benefits that the biotechnology industry can offer.