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Dr. ZZ's Blog – September 2010 Archive (1)

TELL THE FDA: STOP THE MUTANT FISH

We have just a few days to keep the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) from approving engineered salmon as the first animal manufactured for human consumption.

AquaBounty Technologies created the mutant Atlantic salmon by artificially combining growth hormone genes from a Pacific salmon with DNA from an eelpout. This keeps the fish growing year round, confined in crowded inland tanks -- unlike ocean… Continue

Added by Dr. ZZ on September 12, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments