【2024/10/10】Phoenix International Center MIRAI CREA, Hiroshima University（Hybrid）　ELSI seminar ”Scientific Communication for Correctly Understanding Food Risks”

Speaker：
Takeshi Yamasaki, Chairman, NPO Science of Food Safety and Security

Many consumers have suffered health problems as a result of inadvertently consuming red yeast rice supplements that were promoted with claims such as “Lowers blood cholesterol with natural health foods.” On the other hand, despite appropriate risk assessment and risk management being conducted, genetically modified and genome-edited foods tend to be avoided by consumers due to concerns like “Will they cause unforeseen diseases in the future?” or “Are they dangerous because they are subject to legal regulation?”

These phenomena are due to consumer risk perception bias, but at the same time, there is a need for attention to ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) on a societal level, as well as the practice of responsible research and innovation (RRI). In this lecture, in addition to discussing science communication methods to correct consumer risk perception bias, I would like to engage with you on how research and innovation should fulfill social responsibility.