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DCBob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-10 10:59 AM
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17. I think the logic here is that the gene modification is like applying a drug..
they will test the fish for health and toxic effects that may or may not be caused by the "treatment" of genetic engineering.
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  -The Creepy Science Behind Genetically Engineered "Frankenfish" About to Enter Our Food Supply Unlabe ensho  Sep-21-10 10:35 AM   #0 
  - If approved, unless bright red warning labels on them, I may give up salmon.  no_hypocrisy   Sep-21-10 10:37 AM   #1 
  - I eat wild salmon, and these genes will eventually affect the wild population  Kolesar   Sep-21-10 10:40 AM   #5 
     - The fish will be sterile.  subterranean   Sep-21-10 11:26 AM   #19 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Sep-21-10 10:38 AM   #2 
  - +1  butterfly77   Sep-21-10 10:48 AM   #11 
  - people are largely ignorant about it...  mike_c   Sep-21-10 12:15 PM   #22 
  - I like Salmon. I look forward to eating it.  Ozymanithrax   Sep-21-10 10:38 AM   #3 
  - apparently you didn't read the article - mutation has nothing to do  ensho   Sep-21-10 10:40 AM   #4 
  - Genetic engineering does what mutations do...  Ozymanithrax   Sep-21-10 10:50 AM   #13 
     - The technophobic scaremongering is annoying.  Odin2005   Sep-21-10 05:05 PM   #33 
  - Like comparing a muzzle loader to a machine gun  izquierdista   Sep-21-10 10:57 AM   #16 
  - You wont be able tell the difference either by appearance or by analysis.  DCBob   Sep-21-10 10:41 AM   #6 
  - But it will be different, even though you can't tell  SpiralHawk   Sep-21-10 10:43 AM   #7 
     - Not for long  NeedleCast   Sep-21-10 10:47 AM   #9 
     - Non-occult food is open - It's transparently grown and processed, because...  SpiralHawk   Sep-21-10 02:26 PM   #26 
     - I suspect this will become common in near future.  DCBob   Sep-21-10 10:48 AM   #10 
  - I have a friend who works in farmed fish production  NeedleCast   Sep-21-10 10:44 AM   #8 
  - Yes  EstimatedProphet   Sep-21-10 10:53 AM   #15 
     - That was generally my buddies' take on it  NeedleCast   Sep-21-10 11:16 AM   #18 
  - The hypocricy is stunning.  CrispyQ   Sep-21-10 10:49 AM   #12 
  - I think the logic here is that the gene modification is like applying a drug..  DCBob   Sep-21-10 10:59 AM   #17 
     - Here's the other thing that really gets me about the OPs article,  CrispyQ   Sep-21-10 02:48 PM   #27 
        - That does sound weird.. but perhaps its about efficiency.. not wanting to create another division..  DCBob   Sep-21-10 04:29 PM   #28 
  - They are probably working on the new Soylent Green as we speak...  Blue_Tires   Sep-21-10 10:52 AM   #14 
  - Damn.. I love salmon..Now I will have find a source that is not contaminated by this..and pay a lot  BrklynLiberal   Sep-21-10 11:37 AM   #20 
  - contaminated by what?  NeedleCast   Sep-21-10 12:20 PM   #23 
     - I consider genetically engineered food to be contaminated.  BrklynLiberal   Sep-21-10 04:44 PM   #29 
        - LOL!  Odin2005   Sep-21-10 05:00 PM   #31 
  - oh for pete's sake-- if all you know is hammering, everything looks like a nail....  mike_c   Sep-21-10 12:11 PM   #21 
  - On balance, a good stop gap measure for food security  Bragi   Sep-21-10 12:23 PM   #24 
  - 10 years from now remember Stuntcat saying, these fish WILL get loose & compete w. native species.  stuntcat   Sep-21-10 12:47 PM   #25 
  - Triploid = sterile by definition.  Odin2005   Sep-21-10 05:01 PM   #32 
  - Ignorant scaremongering. Unrec.  Odin2005   Sep-21-10 04:59 PM   #30 
  - Haven't they seen Jurassic Park?  4lbs   Sep-21-10 05:12 PM   #34 
     - Those dinos were not triploids.  Odin2005   Sep-21-10 07:57 PM   #35 
 

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