Comments on: Genetically Modified Salmon May Soon Land on Your Dinner Plate

By: B

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:04:41 +0000

Since the FDA does not understand the statics and dynamics of a genetically manipulated society it is appropriate to list all genetically manipulated food items on the market including gm seeds and livestock and processed foods containing gm ingredients. A product must indicate outright that it contains – or does not contain – gm ingredients. A gene inserted into a food item or livestock with the intention of manipulation that food item’s character can pass on the modified trait to the consumer of that item .. and much more. You are what you eat ??

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:35:25 +0000

I am simply amazed by the staggering arrogance and ingnorance here. Food monopolies to blatantly wrong statements made about the testing done to approve these GM foods is staggering. The great thing about the internet is that it allows knowledge to be quickly disseminated. The bad thing about the internet is that it also allows ignorance and lies to be as quickly spread.

By: Eliza Strickland

Eliza Strickland — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:40:59 +0000

YouRang:

on a related note, did you hear about the genetically modified soybeans that have just been approved by the Ag Dept? They’ve been tweaked to produce oil with omega-3 fatty acid. The New York Times says it’s one of the first crops to be altered for nutritional purposes.

– Eliza, DISCOVER online news editor

By: Harry

Harry — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:11:48 +0000

The strategy of the anti-GM and NGO shills like April is to spend their day searching for web pieces describing innovative biotechnologies that can help to feed our world, and then to create fear in the minds of the technically unsophisticated consumers by planting misinformation that to the average reader might seem credible, but to anyone with the slightest degree of knowledge, does not pass the smell test. April’s solution to the global demand for food is to nicely ask sub-Saharan Africa to do their shopping at Whole Foods!!!

By: YouRang

YouRang — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:29:16 +0000

If they’re going to modify it this far, how about increasing the production of Omega 3 FA’s? And what are they going to feed these salmon? A lot of the nutrition in salmon comes from their diet–shrimp etc.

By: wshun

wshun — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:52:43 +0000

@deenie: Don’t be stupid. Your so-called independent researchers are just anti-GM guys. We are going to eat the salmons to extinction, and this GM salmons at least give the natural salmons a chance.

By: deenie

deenie — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:00:35 +0000

I really deplore GMO’s. They have never been proved to be safe for consumption. On the contrary, all the studies that are done by independent researchers have shown them to cause tumors, sterility, and allergies. These things may not show up in the first or second generation, but do start appearing invariably in the 3rd generation, at the latest. IMO, GMOs, along with vaccinations (another unproven remedy foisted on us by the PTB), are being done to cull the population of the “useless eaters.”

By: mjt

mjt — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:42:44 +0000

All sterile females? Where have we heard that before? Have they considered a lysine contingency too?
April–once the meat is digested, it is broken down into it’s component amino acids and cannot be reconstituted into our bodies in the form of the pout DNA. It just doen’t work that way. Please take a couple of certified biology classes instead of relying solely on the made up rumors passed on by the anti-GM movement.
Yes, GM foods will be patented and make loads o’ cash for the companies involved. But they put the research effort and money into finding out how to genetically improve our foods and should get some return on it. Patents run out in 20 years. The clock on that patent started ticking a minimum of 5 years ago–probably longer. They will be lucky if they have 10 years to recoup their investment. There would be zero incentive for individuals and companies to invent things if their IP rights weren’t protected.

By: April Reeves

April Reeves — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:07:17 +0000

The Pout fish gene that promotes the gene into 24/7 activity has never been tested to see if it has the ability to move into human DNA. This is the inherent problems with GMO foods and animals: there is no long term or short term testing on humans. We are the tests! We are their guinea pigs! Should this gene get into our DNA, and in all rights it does have the possibility and capability of doing so, humans could suffer from unknown disease and complications, especially the kids. Think twice before buying anything GMO and get educated – fast.

By: mkass

mkass — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:27:05 +0000

This would be another bad move to convert a food source into an intellectual property. The arguments for GM crops are actually false and the idea is really a food monopoly for Monsanto base on intellectual property laws. Doing it with fish is also, well, fishy… This would be another bad move to convert a food source into an intellectual property. The arguments for GM crops are actually false and the idea is really a food monopoly for Monsanto base on intellectual property laws. Doing it with fish is also, well, fishy… http://organicconnectmag.com/wp/2009/08/scientists-critical-of-argument-for-gm-crops-2/