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What you get when you take a splice in salmon Atlantic salmon gene of a Chinook, addition of a gene that encodes an ocean pout?

You get a raised salmon farm, which is growing at double speed and can be in your sushi in 16 months instead of normal age 3!

AquaBounty technologies has been trying to 10 years get their salmon GM approved by the FDA for sale in the United States and they are located very near of approval as having completed the necessary safety tests for the magic seal of approval.

Extras for splicing of Atlantic salmon farm raised, basically just keep supplying salmon growth hormone all the time, rather than only in conditions more nutritional cálidas.Aspectos salmon genes are affected.

If GM salmon is approved by the FDA, a new era in beef production will therefore this opened because it will be the first meat genetically modified in the US market.This opens the door to the adoption of many others genetically meat projects currently under research and development.

When the genetic modification has taken fears and opposition abound as security for these products is questioned in relation to human health and environmental impact of these species by n.e.r.d.However, on the other side of the coin is the fact that salmon fastest consumes less resources and have less time to accumulate toxic mercury in their bodies.

What do you think of this problem?vote and comment below.

Source: NYTimes

Do you buy and eat genetically modified as salmon became available?

In the results view written by t. Kallmyer on June 29, 2010 fish food food food security trends meat 8 comments warren on June 29, 2010

The problem is that there can be no requirement that consumers are aware that salmon is a genetically modified organism; United States tends to favor corporate entities to their own citizens when it comes to dissemination of genetically modified foods, therefore if allowed sell these salmon, probably no one will be the wiser.sad but true that companies have more rights than the citizens of the United States.

Ryan reply on June 29, 2010.

The economy must be completely deregulated to these antics not happen, but the people are afraid that for some reason.

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