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Exploding the Gene Myth: How Genetic Information Is Produced and Manipulated by Scientists, Physicians, Employers, Insurance Companies, Educators and Law Enforcers. Ruth Hubbard and Elijah Wald. Boston: Beacon Press, 1993, 224 pp. US$24.00 cloth. ISBN 0-8070-0418-9. Beacon Press, 25 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02108, USA.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Sonia Le Bris*
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University of Montreal, Canada
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