Friday, January 11, 2013

FDA accepting comments on genetically modified salmon

FDA accepting comments on AquaBounty "Frankenfish" genetically-modified salmon application.

Here is the link to the notice in the Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/12/26/2012-31118/draft-environmental-assessment-and-preliminary-finding-of-no-significant-impact-concerning-a

Here is one article from a scientific journal discussing some of the potential impacts on the wild salmon populations: http://www.rowan.edu/colleges/csm/departments/biologicalsci/faculty/obrien/GMO%20Another%20Example%20of%20Reading%20.pdf