Pew Poll of the general public and AAAS members.
E.g. are GMO foods "safe to eat". Are foods grown with pesticides (no mention if natural or artificial) "safe to eat".
Broader issues like - Is it a good idea to have a monoculture of GMO crops? Is it a good idea to use pesticides that kill pollinators? - those aren't mentioned.
And some questions are so broad as to be almost meaningless. "Do you favor or oppose the use of animals in scientific research?" That could cover everything from vivisection, to studies of genetic diseases with stem cells, to Temple Grandin's work on improving the treatment of livestock and animals sent to slaughter, to Goodall's work with apes.
Pew polls can have lots of issues. One has to be careful in interpreting them...
My $0.02.
Cheers,
Scott.
E.g. are GMO foods "safe to eat". Are foods grown with pesticides (no mention if natural or artificial) "safe to eat".
Broader issues like - Is it a good idea to have a monoculture of GMO crops? Is it a good idea to use pesticides that kill pollinators? - those aren't mentioned.
And some questions are so broad as to be almost meaningless. "Do you favor or oppose the use of animals in scientific research?" That could cover everything from vivisection, to studies of genetic diseases with stem cells, to Temple Grandin's work on improving the treatment of livestock and animals sent to slaughter, to Goodall's work with apes.
Pew polls can have lots of issues. One has to be careful in interpreting them...
My $0.02.
Cheers,
Scott.