Europeans and biotechnologies in 2010 - Winds of change?

Europeans and biotechnologies in 2010 - Winds of change?: "Europeans and biotechnologies in 2010 - Winds of change?
(Nanowerk News) The European Commission has released their new report 'Europeans and biotechnology in 2010 – Winds of change?' (pdf). This latest Eurobarometer survey on the Life Sciences and Biotechnology, which also specifically addresses nanotechnologies in the context of biotechnology, is based on representative samples from 32 European countries and conducted in February 2010. The report points to a new era in the relations between science and society. While entrenched views about GM food are still evident, the crisis of confidence in technology and regulation that characterised the 1990s – a result of BSE, contaminated blood and other perceived regulatory failures – is no longer the dominant perspective."