TRANSGENICS IN BIOCONTROL: TABLE 1

TRANSGENICS IN BIOCONTROL



Table 1. Distribution of Biocontrol Issues by Category and Type of Source

Type of source*
Newspapers (27)**
Popular Press (168)
Technical/Regulatory (442)
Totals (637)
CategoryNumber of Issues
Transgenic Foods
7
18
21
46
Transgenic Microbes
31
152
678
861
Transgenic Arthropods
0
8
11
19
Transgenic Plants
12
173
496
681
Societal
19
186
92
297
International
5
9
22
36
Totals
74
546
1,320
1,940

* Chi-square = 72.2; df = 8; P<0.05.
**() = Total number of sources




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