A case for systemic environmental analysis of cultured meat

作     者：Carolyn S Mattick Amy E Landis Braden R Allenby 

作者机构：University of Texas School of Public Health 1200 Hermann Pressler DriveHouston TX 77030 USA School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment Arizona State UniversityTempe AZ PO Box 875306 USA 

出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Agriculture》 (农业科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第14卷第2期

页      面：249-254页

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学科分类：0832[工学-食品科学与工程（可授工学、农学学位）] 08[工学] 083203[工学-农产品加工及贮藏工程] 

基　　金：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 

主　　题：cultured meat in vitro meat factory-grown food anticipatory life cycle assessment systemic environmental implications of emerging technologies 

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.