Science and Social Context
：The Regulation of Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone in North America
Publication subTitle ：The Regulation of Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone in North America
Publisher： McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication year： 2002
E-ISBN: 9780773570276
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780773523746
Subject： N0 Theory and Methodology of Natural Science
Keyword： 自然科学理论与方法论
Language： ENG
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Description
The first major product of agricultural biotechnology was recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH, also know as rbST), a drug produced by Monsanto to increase milk production in cows. Following worldwide debate about its safety, it was approved in the United States in 1993 but rejected in Canada and Europe in 1999. In Science and Social Context Lisa Mills looks at how regulatory scientists arrive at conclusions about product safety, given the constraints of the environment in which they work.