Eight Countries: Genetic Technology, Genetic Selection, Gene Therapy, Reproductive Cloning
By Discovery Channel,
Discovery Channel
| 10. 01. 2002
| Human genetic research is tampering with nature and as such is potentially dangerous |
Agree |
Disagree |
| - Brazil |
>50 |
|
| - Denmark |
|
52 |
| - Mexico |
>50 |
|
| - Poland |
65 |
|
| - Taiwan |
>50 |
|
| - Turkey |
>50 |
|
| - UK |
65 |
|
| - USA |
>50 |
|
| The general public has control over the pace & nature of developments in genetic science |
Agree |
Disagree |
| - Taiwan |
~50 |
|
| - Turkey |
~50 |
|
| - UK |
|
78 |
| - USA |
|
78 |
| Messing with the basic building blocks in our bodies, the DNA, is playing God |
Agree |
Disagree |
| - Brazil |
58 |
|
| - Denmark |
|
59 |
| - Mexico |
~50 |
~50 |
| - Poland |
~50 |
~50 |
| - Taiwan |
~50 |
~50 |
| - Turkey |
~50 |
~50 |
| - UK |
57 |
|
| - USA |
~50 |
~50 |
| Do you think that the rules & regulations governing genetic developments and research are lagging behind the pace of developments, or are not too far behind or are keeping pace? |
lagging |
keeping pace |
| - Brazil |
|
45 |
| - Mexico |
|
48 |
| - Poland |
44 |
|
| - UK |
46 |
|
| - USA |
38... |
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