title: Irish public perceptions and attitudes to modern biotechnology: an overview with a focus on GM foods.
abstract: This article summarizes the current situation pertaining to modern biotechnology in Ireland, with a particular focus on genetically modified (GM) crops. It briefly examines some important results of the major national surveys carried out in Ireland since 1989, highlights the recent upsurge in media (newspaper) coverage of GM related stories in three Irish opinion leader publications and it allows for an insight into the Irish public's relationship with modern biotechnology.
authors.affiliation: Irish Visiting Researcher, Center for Safe Food, Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Guelph, Canada. morris@uoguelph.ca
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Adley
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D001709:Biotechnology; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics*; D005502:Food; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D010465:Perception; D011639:Public Opinion