Building on scientific literacy in evolution towards scientifically responsible Europeans, COST Action CA17127
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Science communication in Europe relating to health and food safety: answers to Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis

Creators

  • 1. Institute of Environemntal Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Poland; School of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australia
  • 2. Cercle FSER, Paris, France
  • 3. Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT), Bern, Switzerland
  • 4. Research Centre on Didactics and Technology in the Education of Trainers, University of Aveiro, Portugal
  • 5. Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Description

Promoting science literacy and evolutionary knowledge in Europe. Answers to Commissionerʼs questions:

- How to communicate that science plays an important role in food production, to a public that prefers to associate food with nature and tradition, tending to ignore that the food we eat today has been crafted by man and is not the result of spontaneous mutations only?

- How to convince consumers that science is a sound basis for informed decision about food and not a threat to food safety?

- How to communicate about risks and an acceptable level of risk? How to explain that zero risks does not exist?

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