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So I wondering if these politicians are really concerned about any potential threat to your health and to the environment or are they worried about the fishing industry in Alaska ?
In any event I will have a salad please. Hold the herbicides and ground water irrigation contaminated with E-Coli and Salmonella.
Genetically altered salmon are safe FDA says
Published: December 21, 2012
By Brady Dennis — The Washington Post
WASHINGTON -- Salmon that have been genetically engineered to grow twice as fast as their natural counterparts inched a little closer toward the nation's dinner tables on Friday. The Food and Drug Administration released its findings that the fish do not pose a threat to the environment and are "as safe as food from conventional Atlantic salmon."
AquAdvantage, the fast-growing fish at the center of the controversy in the United States, is an Atlantic salmon that contains a growth hormone from a Chinook salmon and has been given a gene from the ocean pout, an eel-like fish. The result is a fish that grows larger and faster than traditional salmon.
"The notion that consuming Frankenfish is safe for the public and our oceans is a joke," Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, said in a statement Friday. "I will fight tooth and nail with my Alaska colleagues to make sure consumers have a clear choice when it comes to wild and sustainable versus lab-grown science projects. . . . Today's report is by no means the final say on this issue." Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, was more blunt. "You keep those damn fish out of my waters. It will ruin what I think is one of the finest products in the world," Young said in an interview, saying he fears that the spread of fish farms could eventually contaminate the wild salmon industry in Alaska. He wants to force delays in any FDA approval. "If I can keep this up long enough, I can break that company," he said, referring to AquaBounty, "and I admit that's what I'm trying to do."
Published: December 21, 2012
By Brady Dennis — The Washington Post
WASHINGTON -- Salmon that have been genetically engineered to grow twice as fast as their natural counterparts inched a little closer toward the nation's dinner tables on Friday. The Food and Drug Administration released its findings that the fish do not pose a threat to the environment and are "as safe as food from conventional Atlantic salmon."
AquAdvantage, the fast-growing fish at the center of the controversy in the United States, is an Atlantic salmon that contains a growth hormone from a Chinook salmon and has been given a gene from the ocean pout, an eel-like fish. The result is a fish that grows larger and faster than traditional salmon.
"The notion that consuming Frankenfish is safe for the public and our oceans is a joke," Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, said in a statement Friday. "I will fight tooth and nail with my Alaska colleagues to make sure consumers have a clear choice when it comes to wild and sustainable versus lab-grown science projects. . . . Today's report is by no means the final say on this issue." Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, was more blunt. "You keep those damn fish out of my waters. It will ruin what I think is one of the finest products in the world," Young said in an interview, saying he fears that the spread of fish farms could eventually contaminate the wild salmon industry in Alaska. He wants to force delays in any FDA approval. "If I can keep this up long enough, I can break that company," he said, referring to AquaBounty, "and I admit that's what I'm trying to do."
So I wondering if these politicians are really concerned about any potential threat to your health and to the environment or are they worried about the fishing industry in Alaska ?
In any event I will have a salad please. Hold the herbicides and ground water irrigation contaminated with E-Coli and Salmonella.