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The FDA just approved the nation’s first genetically engineered animal: A salmon that grows twice as fast
AquAdvantage is an Atlantic salmon that contains a growth hormone from a Chinook salmon.
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What worries me is he cheap corn and soy which will be fed to them,which will make them much less healthy to eat than if they were given a natural diet fish evolved to eat.
A short quote from the author of the second "additional contribution" listed above really makes this whole idea even more worrisome.
"Wild salmon that come in contact with farmed salmon have registered a population drop of more than half due to parasites and disease. At what point does the desire for cheap salmon outweigh the increasing delicate needs of the actual wild salmon providing the genes for the Frankenfish?"