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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Genetically modified foods"”.
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Consumer attitudes towards genetically modified foods in Europe : structure and changeability
Genetically modified foods have been at the center of debate in European consumer policy in the last two decades. Although the quasi-moratorium has been lifted in May 2004 and the road to the market is in principle reopened, strategies for product introduction are lacking. The aim of the research …
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The effect of GM label variation on perceptions of genetically modified foods
… which are suggested to affect perceptions of genetically modified (GM) foods. It first tests the extent to which the components of the Theory of Planned Behaviour and perceived `outrage' are able to predict intentions towards buying GM foods using linear regression. It then focuses on how GM …
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The impact of the national bioengineered food disclosure standard and its methods of disclosure on consumer preferences for gene edited and genetically modified foods
… gene editing technology are bringing gene edited foods into the food supply, yet it is unclear if they will be considered Bioengineered or if regulation would require a separate label for food that is gene edited. It is possible that there will be food that is both gene edited and genetically …
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The development and implementation of a heuristic for teaching reflective scientific skepticism within a socio-scientific issue instructional framework
… issue such as a disease outbreak, genetically modified foods, or vaccine safety. Other times, as in the case of climate change denial, science ideas may be deliberately distorted in order to manipulate public opinion toward a special interest group's agenda. Citizens need functional …
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Frankenfoods: Are We Bioengineering Our Children and What Can Curriculum Do?
… adults. Many of the effects of bioengineered foods are unknown at this time. My dissertation will be a theoretical exploration of biotechnology in food using a bioethical critical perspective. I use my personal experience and research to examine the effects of processed and genetically …
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Linkages between ecocentric values and action in expert discourse: the case of genetically modified food in the UK
… on the debate surrounding the introduction of genetically modified foods, and can be considered 'experts'. Each interviewee is categorised according to whether their values and actions are ecocentric or anthropocentric, and the linkages between the two and the arguments used to justify their …
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When the Soil Was Everything: Unearthing the Roots of American Environmental Writing
… warming, nutrient-depleted soils and foods, genetically modified foods, and pesticide use--the agricultural basis of the nation's history of environmental writing and practices remains surprisingly obscure. My study brings to light the literature of a pivotal era in the nation's …
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Organisational identities and rationalities: A rhetorical and discourse analysis of organisational communication about genetic modification in the New Zealand kiwifruit and dairy industries
… dominance in export markets, at a time when genetically modified foods were on the one hand regarded as a possible liability in the marketplace, and on the other hand offered the apparent potential for innovation and economic gain. The two case studies featured in this thesis-the dairy …
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Students' Attitudes towards Socially--but Not Scientifically--Controversial Subjects: Evaluating Ways in which These Attitudes May Be Shifted
… in their attitudes toward bioengineered or genetically modified foods. Students showed a significant increase in their understanding of hunger as the leading cause of mortality world-wide as well as a significant increase in their level of concern about hunger. Although there was no explicit …
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Protecting the Integrity of Organic Food in the Face of Genetic Engineering: The Case of Roundup Ready Alfalfa
Genetically engineered (GE) seeds are central to the debates around agricultural biotechnology, and continue to be rapidly adopted across the globe. At the same time that GE crops increase in acreage, the organic market has become one of the fastest growing sectors of the American food industry. …
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Protecting the Integrity of Organic Food in the Face of Genetic Engineering: The Case of Roundup Ready Alfalfa
Genetically engineered (GE) seeds are central to the debates around agricultural biotechnology, and continue to be rapidly adopted across the globe. At the same time that GE crops increase in acreage, the organic market has become one of the fastest growing sectors of the American food industry. …
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Communicating controversy in the mass media
… Gulf War Syndrome,<sup>5</sup> and genetically modified foods<sup>6</sup>.<br/><br/>3. Project Three (discussed in chapters 12-14) features a two-hour special investigation of global warming.<sup>7</sup><br/><br/>4. The Overview, Communicating Controversy in the Mass Media not only …