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| Table 5. How are GMOs perceived as far as risk, utility, naturalness and danger are concerned? |
| Eurobarometer survey 52.1, in late 1999 (Eurobarometer, 2001) (% of answers) |
Opinion: |
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| Items
proposed: |
agree |
neither agree nor disagree |
disagree |
don't know |
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|
EU |
France |
EU |
France |
EU |
France |
EU |
France |
|
| - Even if GM food had benefits, it is fundamentally unnatural. |
71 |
82 |
12 |
9.5 |
10 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
| - GM food threatens the natural order of things. |
67 |
80 |
13 |
9 |
11 |
6 |
8 |
4 |
| - If anything went wrong with GM food, it would be a worldwide catastrophe. |
60 |
69 |
15 |
14 |
12 |
11 |
13 |
7 |
| - GM food is simply not necessary. |
56 |
63 |
18 |
18 |
17 |
13 |
9 |
6 |
| - I dread the idea of GM food. |
55 |
67 |
17 |
16 |
22 |
14 |
6 |
3 |
| - If the majority of people were in favour of GM food, then it should be allowed. |
29 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
41 |
54 |
9 |
6 |
| - Of all the risks we face these days, the risk from GM food is quite small. |
27 |
26 |
20 |
17 |
39 |
50 |
14 |
7 |
| - The risks from GM food are acceptable. |
17 |
10 |
18 |
21 |
50 |
61 |
15 |
8 |
| - GM food poses no danger for future generations. |
13 |
9 |
17 |
15 |
52 |
65 |
18 |
12 |
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