Coexistence of genetically modified and non-GM crops in the European Union: a review

Y Devos, M Demont, K Dillen, D Reheul, M Kaiser… - Sustainable …, 2009 - Springer
The adoption of genetically modified (GM) crops in the European Union (EU) raises
questions on the feasibility of coexistence between GM and non-GM crops. Regulations to …

Forensic databases: benefits and ethical and social costs

M Levitt - British Medical Bulletin, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Introduction This article discusses ethical, legal and social issues raised by the collection,
storage and use of DNA in forensic databases. Review The largest and most inclusive …

Assumptions of the deficit model type of thinking: Ignorance, attitudes, and science communication in the debate on genetic engineering in agriculture

M Ahteensuu - Journal of agricultural and environmental ethics, 2012 - Springer
This paper spells out and discusses four assumptions of the deficit model type of thinking.
The assumptions are: First, the public is ignorant of science. Second, the public has negative …

Ethics in the Societal Debate on Genetically Modified Organisms: A (Re)Quest for Sense and Sensibility

Y Devos, P Maeseele, D Reheul… - Journal of agricultural …, 2008 - Springer
Via a historical reconstruction, this paper primarily demonstrates how the societal debate on
genetically modified organisms (GMOs) gradually extended in terms of actors involved and …

Association of financial or professional conflict of interest to research outcomes on health risks or nutritional assessment studies of genetically modified products

J Diels, M Cunha, C Manaia, B Sabugosa-Madeira… - Food Policy, 2011 - Elsevier
Since the first commercial cultivation of genetically modified crops in 1994, the rapidly
expanding market of genetically modified seeds has given rise to a multibillion dollar …

A latent class approach to investigating demand for genetically modified banana in Uganda

EM Kikulwe, E Birol, J Wesseler… - Agricultural …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This study explores consumer acceptance and valuation of a genetically modified (GM)
staple food crop in a developing country prior to its commercialization. We focus on the …

An empirical test of competing theories of hazard‐related trust: The case of GM food

N Allum - Risk Analysis: An International Journal, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Few scholars doubt the importance of trust in explaining variation in public perception of
technological risk. Relatively little, however, is known about the particular types of judgments …

Causal or spurious? The relationship of knowledge and attitudes to trust in science and technology

MR Roberts, G Reid, M Schroeder… - Public Understanding …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Survey data on 1217 adults living in Alberta, Canada were collected by Ipsos Reid Public
Affairs and made available to us for analysis. The survey questioned participants on issues …

Acceptance of GM food—an experiment in six countries

JG Knight, DW Mather, DK Holdsworth… - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
508 VOLUME 25 NUMBER 5 MAY 2007 NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY across the six
countries for the three fruit types. This pattern consisted of the organic produce gaining the …

Social stigma and consumer benefits: Trade-offs in adoption of genetically modified foods

DW Mather, JG Knight, A Insch… - Science …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Attitudes toward genetically modified (GM) foods have been extensively studied, but there
are very few studies of actual consumer purchasing behavior regarding GM foods offering a …