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| A case for systemic environmental analysis of cultured meat |
| Carolyn S Mattick, Amy E Landis, Braden R Allenby |
1、University of Texas School of Public Health, 1200 Hermann Pressler Drive, Houston TX 77030, USA
2、School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ PO Box 875306, USA |
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摘要 The environmental implications of cultured meat are profound. An anticipatory life cycle assessment of cultured meat published in 2011 suggested it could have a smaller impact than agricultural meat in all categories except energy consumption. As with most technologies, cultured meat will almost certainly be accompanied by unintended consequences as well as unforeseen costs and benefits that accrue disproportionately to different stakeholders. Uncertainty associated with new engineered products cannot be completely eliminated prior to introduction, but ongoing environmental assessments of the technologies as they advance can serve to reduce unforeseen risks. Given the pace at which tissue engineering is advancing, systemic assessments of the technology will be pivotal in mitigating unintended environmental consequences.
Abstract The environmental implications of cultured meat are profound. An anticipatory life cycle assessment of cultured meat published in 2011 suggested it could have a smaller impact than agricultural meat in all categories except energy consumption. As with most technologies, cultured meat will almost certainly be accompanied by unintended consequences as well as unforeseen costs and benefits that accrue disproportionately to different stakeholders. Uncertainty associated with new engineered products cannot be completely eliminated prior to introduction, but ongoing environmental assessments of the technologies as they advance can serve to reduce unforeseen risks. Given the pace at which tissue engineering is advancing, systemic assessments of the technology will be pivotal in mitigating unintended environmental consequences.
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Received: 14 March 2014
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| Fund: This work was made possible by the generous financial support of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at Arizona State University and the Graduate College at Arizona State University, USA. |
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Corresponding Authors:
Carolyn S Mattick, E-mail: cmattick@asu.edu
E-mail: cmattick@asu.edu
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| About author: These authors contributed equally to this study. |
Cite this article:
Carolyn S Mattick, Amy E Landis, Braden R Allenby.
2015.
A case for systemic environmental analysis of cultured meat. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 14(2): 249-254.
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