AquaBounty: Man-made salmon-like fish clears last FDA approval hurdle- Yum, Frankenfish! | |
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Saddletramp User ID: 740208 Puerto Rico 12/22/2012 04:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It has some spider DNA too...just what I want to eat! "And how can a man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods..." ~ Horatius "Because he told the truth, and once you've heard the truth, everything else is just cheap whiskey..." "We don't rent pigs!" |
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Saddletramp User ID: 740208 Puerto Rico 12/22/2012 04:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Oh and here's the other fun part, even though these are going to end up in the wild... Anyone who catches these fish and sells them commercially will have to kick back to the owner of the genetic patent... "And how can a man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods..." ~ Horatius "Because he told the truth, and once you've heard the truth, everything else is just cheap whiskey..." "We don't rent pigs!" |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 25865505 United States 12/22/2012 04:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I just see all sorts of good things coming from this. /Sarcasm off Quoting: wisc_natureboy --- "On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration released an environmental assessment report regarding a salmon-hybrid developed in the laboratories of AquaBounty. The FDA must wait two months before they make final their decision regarding the fate of the frankenfish, but through their study they have determined that the genetically engineered animal, the “AquAdvantage,” is safe enough to be sold. The fish, a hybrid of the Pacific Chinook salmon and a ray-finned creature called the eelpout, is engineered to grow twice as normal as traditional salmon. Once the frankenfish is approved for good, AquaBounty will be able to offer meatier fish able to feed more people. ... “This is a radical new technology. We need very good, careful, close regulation, and we just don't have that. We can't be assured of the safety of any of these genetically engineered organisms,” he said." [link to rt.com] I catch and release anyway... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30646052 United States 12/22/2012 04:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | (NaturalNews) FDA Ignores Serious Abnormalities Found in GMO Frankenfish Salmon At the recent hearings on the GMO salmon many are referring to as "Frankenfish", the FDA noted evidence of abnormalities that had been detected in the fish, including "increased frequency of skeletal malformations, increased prevalence of jaw erosions and multi-systemic inflammation". While such findings would seem to be cause for alarm, the FDA instead dismissed the abnormalities as being "within the range observed in rapid growth phenotypes of non-genetically engineered Atlantic salmon." In other words, the abnormalities that were found in GMO salmon were consistent with those found in farmed salmon which had been genetically manipulated for accelerated growth through other means. A closer look at farmed salmon does not paint a picture of healthy fish. For example in Chile, where most of our factory-farmed salmon come from, up to 80 percent of the salmon suffer from a condition called "screamer disease," where severe facial disfigurements lock their jaws permanently open. In Norway, another major salmon exporter to the United States, "humpback" spinal compression deformities have been found in 70 percent of salmon farm operations. Twenty different types of spinal malformations have been repeatedly found in factory-farmed Atlantic salmon - abnormalities which have been linked to the physiological stress of intensive production. GMO salmon would be the first transgenic farm animal approved for human consumption. Approval could open up a floodgate of other genetically engineered animals. Approval of GMO salmon would also likely serve to further entrench unhealthy factory farm operations. Chickens have been bred for such rapid muscling to the extent that billions suffer in chronic pain every year from skeletal disorders, and many of them are unable to even walk.. Hens lay so many eggs that they risk prolapse (laying their own uterus). Up to a quarter of dairy cows are clinically lame and turkeys are so top-heavy that they are incapable of physically mating. (Thanks Humans,...Nice Job!!) Such animals exist today as a result of genetic manipulation. The creation of transgenic farm animals with genes that are modified through biotechnology would give agribusiness additional tools to stress animals beyond natural biological limits at the expense of their health and welfare. Ironically, the biotech company that invented the GMO Salmon has argued that the list of health disorders their fish suffer from could be seen as an advantage because "any escapees from containment would be less capable of surviving." According to the company, genetically modified fish grow at such a rate that the metabolic demands might make them less likely to create ecological havoc should they escape into the wild. However, previous studies have indicated just the opposite - finding instead that GMO salmon which escape in the wild would represent huge threats to native salmon populations. Another major concern of GMO salmon and other organisms is the possibility of transgenic DNA transferring to humans, as we have already seen with genetically modified crops. Despite the concerns, the FDA is widely expected to ultimately approve the "Frankenfish" salmon, and to do so without requiring a GMO label. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 29330683 Canada 12/22/2012 04:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They've spliced a unclean fish (eelpout) with a clean one Quoting: Anonymous Coward 30641050 (salmon). I wonder why? << The AquaAdvantage salmon has an added growth hormone from the Pacific Chinook salmon that allows the fish to produce growth hormone all year long. The engineers were able to keep the hormone active by using another gene from an eel-like fish called an ocean pout that acts like an “on” switch for the hormone. Typical Atlantic salmon produce the growth hormone for only part of the year. >> [link to myfox8.com] ah so it lets the fish grow to full size in less time ... Oh if they could work that into other farmed animals in a safe way. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 30646052 United States 12/22/2012 04:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | << The AquaAdvantage salmon has an added growth hormone from the Pacific Chinook salmon that allows the fish to produce growth hormone all year long. The engineers were able to keep the hormone active by using another gene from an eel-like fish called an ocean pout that acts like an “on” switch for the hormone. Typical Atlantic salmon produce the growth hormone for only part of the year. >> [link to myfox8.com] ah so it lets the fish grow to full size in less time ... Oh if they could work that into other farmed animals in a safe way. great! Oh and if they could safely work that into humans next so that kids can be fully grown and six foot tall at age 6. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30662156 United States 12/22/2012 05:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I really don't get what the problem is. It's just a salmon that grows faster than normal, right? Quoting: The Guy Remember that salmon have teeth, and this is technically a "mutant" [link to piranha-3d.com] |
Moonlight Rambler User ID: 30559533 United Kingdom 12/22/2012 05:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It does make me wonder if the radiation in the oceans and the frankenfish have any connection. Quoting: Moonlight Rambler Kill off the natural fish with radiation and then replace with frankenfish that probably have all kinds of dangerous things waiting for human consumption. Just another day in the wonderful world eh! Strong paranoia.. ...... You say "Strong paranoia" on a CONSPIRACY forum????? We live in a world where our life given rights are violated daily by those that make the laws You can only see Heaven and Hell when you're alive The TV doesn't entertain you, it distracts you from reality in the form of entertainment |
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