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October 27, 2005
Contact:
Kara Flynn
202.347.9044 x222
[email protected]
Workshop Proceedings on Moral and Ethical Aspects of Genetically Engineered and Cloned Animals Posted by Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology
In January 2005, the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology hosted a workshop to explore moral and ethical aspects of genetically engineering and cloning animals. Participants and attendees included animal biotechnology researchers from academia and industry, representatives from the biotechnology and food and agriculture industries, consumer and animal welfare advocates, ethicists and federal and state regulatory officials. Over the course of two and one half days, the assembled group discussed the moral and ethical issues relative to genetically modified and cloned animals and whether those issues differ from the questions raised in regard to conventional animal breeding, production and use.
Proceedings from the workshop, entitled "Exploring the Moral and Ethical Aspects of Genetically Engineered and Cloned Animals" are now available on the Pew Initiative website.
Highlights include:
• A robust discussion, led by ethicists and religious scholars that clarified some of the ethical and moral issues associated with genetically modified or cloned animals and their subsequent use by humans.
• Acknowledgement that ethical and welfare concerns are factors in whether consumers will accept or reject transgenic animals and the products of animal cloning in the marketplace.
• Uncertainty about the appropriate forum and individuals to address ethical and animal welfare issues relating to biotechnology, since the federal review and approval system focuses on science-based questions relating only to health and safety.
• Recognition that few public forums currently exist in the United States to substantively discuss and consider the moral and ethical implications of transgenic and cloned animals.
Information about the January 2005 conference sponsored by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, including an agenda and proceedings, are available at:http://pewagbiotech.org/events/0124/
For more information contact:
Kara Flynn (202) 347-9044, ext. 222, [email protected]
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The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research project whose goal is to inform the public and policymakers on issues about genetically modified food and agricultural biotechnology, including its importance, as well as concerns about it and its regulation. It is supported by a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts to the University of Richmond.
October 27, 2005
Contact:
Kara Flynn
202.347.9044 x222
[email protected]
Workshop Proceedings on Moral and Ethical Aspects of Genetically Engineered and Cloned Animals Posted by Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology
In January 2005, the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology hosted a workshop to explore moral and ethical aspects of genetically engineering and cloning animals. Participants and attendees included animal biotechnology researchers from academia and industry, representatives from the biotechnology and food and agriculture industries, consumer and animal welfare advocates, ethicists and federal and state regulatory officials. Over the course of two and one half days, the assembled group discussed the moral and ethical issues relative to genetically modified and cloned animals and whether those issues differ from the questions raised in regard to conventional animal breeding, production and use.
Proceedings from the workshop, entitled "Exploring the Moral and Ethical Aspects of Genetically Engineered and Cloned Animals" are now available on the Pew Initiative website.
Highlights include:
• A robust discussion, led by ethicists and religious scholars that clarified some of the ethical and moral issues associated with genetically modified or cloned animals and their subsequent use by humans.
• Acknowledgement that ethical and welfare concerns are factors in whether consumers will accept or reject transgenic animals and the products of animal cloning in the marketplace.
• Uncertainty about the appropriate forum and individuals to address ethical and animal welfare issues relating to biotechnology, since the federal review and approval system focuses on science-based questions relating only to health and safety.
• Recognition that few public forums currently exist in the United States to substantively discuss and consider the moral and ethical implications of transgenic and cloned animals.
Information about the January 2005 conference sponsored by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, including an agenda and proceedings, are available at:http://pewagbiotech.org/events/0124/
For more information contact:
Kara Flynn (202) 347-9044, ext. 222, [email protected]
# # #
The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research project whose goal is to inform the public and policymakers on issues about genetically modified food and agricultural biotechnology, including its importance, as well as concerns about it and its regulation. It is supported by a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts to the University of Richmond.
