Abstract: . . .  Ireland). There are several different ways to define " biotechnology ". For some people, it only includes modem (post-1974) techniques of genetic engineering, i.e. methods of recombining segments of DNA. For others 2 Eurobarometer polls ("standard Eurobarometer poll") have been undertaken each Spring and Autumn since September 1973 (Eurobarometer N°0), on behalf of the DG of Audiovisual, Information, Communication and Culture of the Commission of the European Communities. They include Greece since Autumn 1980, Portugal and Spain since Autumn 1985, as well as the ex-GDR since Autumn 1990. Page 13 -4- biotechnology has a far wider scope . . .
. . .  research on farm animals, it is interesting to look a little more deeply at attitudes towards another application involving animals in biotechnology / genetic engineering research - that regarding the development of "life-saving" drugs or the investigation of human diseases. Table 10 shows that: the Community level of"don't knows" is fairly low, especially when compared with those in Chapters 1 and 2. Nonetheless, and in agreement with preceding results, this masks a very strong disparity between results on a country by country basis; regardless of the country under analysis, with the exception of Italy, experimentation on animals is perceived by the majority to be acceptable "for the development . . .
. . .  vaccines); the "global support indicator", in other words the mean of the seven means for each type of application under analysis is roughly 1 These are called ""B" micro-organisms", as opposed to other types of micro-organisms mentioned in the questionnaire and which are termed ""A" micro-organisms", only in the interest of simplifying the report. This terminology has no other purpose and does not correspond to any official definition. Page 48 -44- (.96), which corresponds to a response that the total sample "tends to agree" that "such research is worthwhile and should be encouraged". As Graph 5 shows, this index is a positive function of  . . .
. . .  the idea that "public authorities should examine this application of biotechnology / genetic engineering case by case before deciding whether to allow it", supported by 28% 3 at Community level, is shared by 40% of Italians, and by 38% of the Dutch and Danes, but only by 12% of Greeks and 15% or Portuguese; finally, in the opinion of one fifth of Europeans interviewed, "applying biotechnology / genetic engineering to animals is morally unacceptable and -should be banned by law" 4 . This proportion varies from 8% in Portugal to 28% in Luxembourg. 3 These 28% of Europeans tend to denounce research on farm animals (a mean of-0.19).  . . .
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