GMO coexistence and traceability are tools used to manage the GMO controversy, which is itself part of a broader demand within society for the participatory management of technological innovations. This means that scientists are being... more
GMO coexistence and traceability are tools used to manage the GMO controversy, which is itself part of a broader demand within society for the participatory management of technological innovations. This means that scientists are being asked to acknowledge that science and expertise are social constructs. Scientists and politicians should take this demand for participatory democracy into greater account as of the risk assessment phase, by a means which remains to be defined.