When we seed millions of acres of land with these plants, what happens to foraging birds, to insects, to microbes, to the other animals, when they come in contact and digest plants that are producing materials ranging from plastics to vaccines to pharmaceutical products?
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You can eliminate, for example, a Brazil nut gene if you know that it will create an allergenic effect.
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| Birth: | 26th January, 1945 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Economist, Political advisor, Speaker |
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Jeremy Rifkin was born in Denver, Colorado, USA. He is an American economist, social theorist, author, public speaker, political advisor, and activist. He earned a BA degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967. He earned an MA degree in International Affairs from Tufts University in 1968. He has been an advisor to the European Union since 2000. He has advised the past three presidents of the European Commission and their leadership teams- President Romano Prodi, President Jose-Manuel Barroso, and the current President Jean-Claude Juncker. He is the principal architect of the Third Industrial Revolution long-term economic sustainability plan to address the triple challenge of the global economic crisis, energy security, and climate change. He has taught at the Wharton School's Executive Education Program at the University of Pennsylvania since 1995. He has written several books include: The End of Work, The biotech century, The Age of Access, The Hydrogen Economy, The European Dream, The Empathic Civilization, The Third Industrial Revolution, and The Zero Marginal Cost Society.
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