Awareness and acceptance of biotechnology issues among youth, undergraduates, and adults Academic Article

abstract

• To be successful both domestically and internationally, biotechnology must establish an acceptable position in the sociopolitical framework. This United States (US) study assessed levels of awareness and acceptance of biotechnology issues among youth (n = 283), undergraduate students (n = 330), and adults (n = 166). The percentage of adults who were aware of how biotechnology would affect food, health, and the environment was almost three times that of youth respondents. It was concluded that consumer groups would most likely be impacted by accurate, unbiased agricultural biotechnology information delivered through the Internet and newspapers that originates from reliable, accessible, and sciencebased sources.

authors

• Wingenbach, Gary

published proceedings

• AgBioForum

author list (cited authors)

• Fritz, S., Husmann, D., Wingenbach, G., Rutherford, T., Egger, V., & Wadhwa, P.

complete list of authors

• Fritz, S||Husmann, D||Wingenbach, G||Rutherford, T||Egger, V||Wadhwa, P

publication date

• December 2004

published in

• AgBioForum  Journal

start page

• 178

end page

• 184

volume

• 6

issue

• 4