Author:
Mołodziejko Wiktoria,Nowakowska Justyna,Linkiewicz Anna
Abstract
AbstractNew genomic techniques (NGTs) are challenging from an ethical perspective as well as from the legal and regulatory point of view. Acceptance of solutions by society is a factor that can determine the success of a technology. Increasingly, there is a growing gap between the solutions offered by biotechnology and the public, which with certain ambiguity evaluates biotechnological innovations. Here we investigate the level of knowledge of Polish society on NGTs and the perception of this techniques. Our survey was carried out on a representative group of Polish citizens from August 2022 till January 2023, and was based on a 3-part self-developed questionnaire. Questions concerned: (i) demographic characteristics, (ii) the knowledge of the NGTs including the legal state of the NGT after a ruling European Court of Justice (Case C-528/16) and (iii) respondent’s attitudes towards the NGTs. As result, only 15% of respondents (n = 194) gave the correct definition of NGTs, 43% the respondents never encountered the term NGTs, and 35% could not define it. The majority of respondents recognised the potential benefits of using the technology in agriculture as well as in healthcare, but they were not convinced about the potential personal use of NGTs if they were allowed in Poland.
Publisher
Springer Nature Switzerland
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