Ocean health and human health.

Knowlton­, Nancy­

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“…Some are entirely addressed by NIEHS programs; others are primary in other institutes of the NIH but serve the NIEHS mission or provide synergy. Environmental Health Perspectives has published other articles and editorials on a variety of aspects of OHH (Rose et al 2001), ocean health (Knowlton 2004), and coastal zone health (Stegeman and Solow 2002) and recently has described the four new Centers for Oceans and Human Health. They will not be duplicated here, nor will tsunamis, hurricanes, and other coastal disasters be discussed, although the terrible personal and community devastation the world has recently witnessed in the Pacific will not soon be forgotten.…”

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Oceans and Human Health: A New Era of Environmental Opportunities

Baden¹

2005

Environ. Health Perspect.

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Oceans and Human Health: A New Era of Environmental Opportunities

Baden¹

2005

Environ. Health Perspect.

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“…Conventional seafood production contributes substantially to some of the most alarming global problems we face at present: deteriorating oceanic health [1,2], increasing loss of underwater biodiversity [3,4], human health risks in terms of product contamination with mercury [5] and microplastics [6], the emergence of antimicrobial resistance [7], and serious concerns for the welfare of trillions of aquatic animals each year [8], including numerous species that are potentially capable of pain perception [9,10] and possibly sentient [11,12]. Although farm-raised and wild-caught production methods vary in their impacts, both are known to contribute to at least several of the aforementioned problems [13].…”

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Appetite or Distaste for Cell-Based Seafood? An Examination of Japanese Consumer Attitudes

Braun,

Knight

2023

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Conventional seafood production contributes to some of the most alarming global problems we face at present, such as the destabilization of aquatic ecosystems, human health risks, and serious concerns for the welfare of trillions of aquatic animals each year. The increasing global appetite for seafood necessitates the development of alternative production methods that meet consumer demand, while circumventing the aforementioned problems. Among such alternatives, cell-based seafood is a promising approach. For its production, cells are taken from live aquatic animals and are cultivated in growth media, thus making the rearing, catching, and slaughtering of a great number of animals redundant. In recent years, this alternative production method has transitioned from aspiration to reality, and several cell-based seafood start-ups are preparing to launch their products. Market success, however, has been reckoned to largely depend on consumer attitudes. So far, there has been little research exploring this within Asia, and none in Japan, which has one of the highest seafood consumption footprints per capita globally. The present study explores cell-based seafood-related knowledge, attitudes and behavioral intentions of Japanese consumers (n = 110) via a questionnaire-based, quantitative analysis. Although findings suggest low awareness of the concept of cell-based seafood, attitudes and intentions were positive overall, with about 70% of participants expressing an interest in tasting, and 60% expressing a general willingness to buy cell-based seafood. Younger age was significantly associated with more positive attitudes, while prior knowledge of cell-based seafood was strongly linked to willingness to pay a premium for cell-based products. While highlighting the need for information campaigns to educate Japanese consumers about cell-based seafood, this study’s findings suggest the Japanese market to be moderately ready for the launch of such products.

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“…Globally, the ocean is being treated as a waste sink, mostly due to human erroneous propensity to view dilution as the solution to pollution (Knowlton, 2004). While high-income countries treat ∼70% of the municipal and industrial wastewater, in lowincome countries only 8% undergoes any treatment, which leads to an estimation that over 80% of all wastewater is globally discharged without any treatment (WWAP, 2017) and may end up in the ocean.…”

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Pollutants in the South Atlantic Ocean: Sources, Knowledge Gaps and Perspectives for the Decade of Ocean Science

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The current manuscript presents the main issues related to the “Clean Ocean” outcome that arose from the Regional South Atlantic (SA) Planning Workshop for the UN Decade of Ocean Science and five Brazilian Regional Planning Workshops. An interdisciplinary and trans-sectoral group constituted by the academia, non-governmental agencies, the private sector, decision-makers, the navy, and local communities discussed the main anthropogenic drivers compromising the current environmental status of the SA and its ecological services, and debated the main research gaps, priorities and needs for improving technical and structural capacities in order to roadmap the Brazilian actions for the Decade of Ocean Science. The aim of this review is to contribute to a social solution-driven understanding of the ocean ecosystems, to create conditions to promote sustainable development and to secure a clean, healthy ocean. We are proposing a list of actions to be implemented by the Decade of Ocean Science that will have the pivotal role to promote technical and scientific capacity development, increase research infrastructure and institutional frameworks, develop national public policies aimed at reducing the input of pollutants and management of impacts, and warranting food security and ecosystem health. The earlier the actions in controlling pollutants are implemented, along with the identification of key sources and prevention of crossing of thresholds will help to avert worst-case scenarios, reducing the socio-economic disparities of impacts across nations and social groups and supporting the sustainable development of a pollutant-free ocean.

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Ocean health and human health.

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

Oceans and Human Health: A New Era of Environmental Opportunities

Oceans and Human Health: A New Era of Environmental Opportunities

Appetite or Distaste for Cell-Based Seafood? An Examination of Japanese Consumer Attitudes

Pollutants in the South Atlantic Ocean: Sources, Knowledge Gaps and Perspectives for the Decade of Ocean Science

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