Pete Shanks

Pete Shanks, MA, attended Oxford University, where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and moved to California in the mid-1970s. He has been active in a range of local and international political movements, while mostly making his living in the publishing industry, especially on the production side; he enjoys the craft of bookmaking. Appalled by the eugenic possibilities of biotechnology, he has consulted with the Center for Genetics and Society since its earliest days. He is the author of Human Genetic Engineering: A Guide for Activists, Skeptics, and the Very Perplexed (Nation Books) and a regular contributor to Biopolitical Times.

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Biopolitical Times

The watchdog group Public Citizen published a report on October 19 titled Pfizer’s Power. It is a devastating indictment...

Genetic testing for fun and profit is by now part of the consumer landscape. For less than $100, consumers...

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The first child acknowledged to have been selected as an embryo on the basis of...