Synthetic chemicals and biologically engineered materials are major forces in today’s food systems, but they are also major drivers of the global environmental changes and health challenges that characterize the Anthropocene. To address these challenges, we will need to increase assessment activity, promote alternative production practices with less reliance on such technologies, and regulate social campaigns and experiments.
Citation: Søgaard Jørgensen, P., D.I. Avila-Ortega, R. Blasiak, S. Cornell, L.J. Gordon, M. Nyström, P. Olsson. 2022. The lure of novel biological and chemical entities in food-system transformation. One Earth 5(10):1085-1088.