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January 22nd, 2018

| High Country News

When Atlantic salmon escape in the Pacific, who cleans up?

By Cary Rosenbaum - One day late last August, a netted enclosure near Washingtonâ€™s Cypress Island collapsed, releasing tens of thousands of non-native Atlantic salmon into Puget Sound. Coastal tribes and state officials were not informed about Cooke Aquacultureâ€™s spill, the cause of which is still under investigation, for several days.

April 26th, 2017

Skepticism About Biotechnology Isnâ€™t Anti-Science

By: Tess Doezema - A couple of years ago, protests against the approval and sale of genetically modified salmon targeted the Food and Drug Administration and supermarket chains across the country, attempting to halt the approval and sale of the AquAdvantage salmonâ€”an Atlantic salmon modified with DNA from the Chinook salmon and the ocean pout…

December 2nd, 2015

| The New York Times

[Opinion] A Thorough Environmental Impact Statement Is Needed on Genetically Engineered Salmon

By Jaydee Hanson, senior policy analyst at Center for Food Safety - The potential environmental impact of genetically engineered salmon getting into the wild has not been fully considered…

November 19th, 2015

| The New York Times

Genetically Engineered Salmon Approved for Consumption

By ANDREW POLLACK - Federal regulators on Thursday approved a genetically engineered salmon as fit for consumption, making it the first genetically altered animal to be cleared for American supermarkets and dinner tables.

November 19th, 2015

FDA Approves AquAdvantage Salmon, the First Genetically Modified Animal Recognized as Safe to Eat

By ZoÃ« Schlanger - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Thursday the first genetically engineered animal for human consumption in the country, the Associated Press reported. The AquAdvantage Salmon, created by Massachusetts-based biotech firm AquaBounty Technologies, can grow twice as fast as its normal, farm-raised salmon counterpart.

November 19th, 2015

FDA deems new genetically engineered salmon safe to eat

By Lydia Wheeler - â€œThe fallout from this decision will have enormous impact on the environment,â€ CFS Executive Director Andrew Kimbrell said in a news release. â€œCenter for Food Safety has no choice but to file suit to stop the introduction of this dangerous contaminant.â€

November 17th, 2015

Canada sued over approval of genetically modified salmon scheme

BY OLIVER MILMAN - Environmental groups are taking the Canadian government to court in an attempt to halt the production of genetically modified salmon eggs, claiming that the process risks a â€œhuge live experimentâ€ with the genetic makeup of all wild Atlantic salmon.

June 14th, 2015

Frankenfish Flops Risk Assessment

By Joyce Nelson - A May 28 news release from Food & Water Watch, the Center for Food Safety, Friends of the Earth, and the Consumers Union called for the FDA to â€œterminate its ongoing review of GE salmon.â€ As Wenonah Hauter of Food & Water Watch stated, â€œThe findings from the Canadian risk assessment show that FDA has based its assessment of this totally unnecessary technology on…

October 29th, 2014

| Inter Press Service

Panama Regulators Could Slow U.S. Approval of GM Salmon

By Carey L. Biron - â€œThis decision is also even further proof that FDA is dangerously out of touch with the facts on the ground, advancing AquaBountyâ€™s application based on its promises, not reality,â€ George Kimbrell, a senior attorney with the Center for Food Safety, a Washington-based advocacy group, said Tuesday…

September 29th, 2014

| The Press Democrat

Gov. Brown signs bill banning commercial production of genetically modified salmon

By DEREK MOORE - Gov. Jerry Brown signed a North Coast lawmakerâ€™s bill banning the commercial production of genetically altered salmon.

GM Salmon Threaten Already-Declining Fish Populations

By David Gutierrez - The commercialization of genetically modified (GM) salmon could push wild salmon species over the brink of extinction, warns marine ecologist Gerry Goeden in an article published on Independent Science News. Goeden is a research fellow and advisor to the National University of Malaysia and marine consultant to the Andaman Resort, Langkawi.

March 3rd, 2014

| Los Angeles Times

U.S. stores say no to genetically engineered salmon. Someone has to.

By Karin Klein - The nation's two largest conventional grocery chains, Kroger and Safeway, have announced that they will not sell genetically engineered salmon. They join several other chains, including Target, Whole Foods (of course) and Trader Joe's. Now let's hope the holdouts, such as Costco, do the same.

January 31st, 2014

FDA and GE fish - the danger of rubber-stamp approval

By George Kimbrell - American consumers may soon be eating an unlabeled, genetically engineered (GE) salmon created by the company Aquabounty. If approved, it would be the first GE animal in history allowed for human consumption. The biotech industry claims that the GE fish is safe; after all they couldnâ€™t sell it without permission from the U.S. government…

January 23rd, 2014

What Does Canada's GM Salmon Lawsuit Mean for the U.S.?

By Rick Paulus - "The U.S. government is also proposing approval of the AquaBounty salmon, which would be the first genetically-engineered animal or fish for human consumption," says George Kimbrell, senior attorney for the Center for Food Safety, one of the largest American non-profits focused on keeping GMOs out of the food supply. "We've said many times that what the U.S…

January 22nd, 2014

Genetically-modified salmon approval faces lawsuit

Environmental groups are taking Ottawa to court over its approval of commercial production of AquaBounty's genetically-modified salmon. Halifax's Ecology Action Centre and B.C.'s Living Oceans Society say Environment Canada did not follow its own rules when it approved commercial production for AquaBounty…

April 26th, 2013

| Scientific American

Would You Eat AquAdvantage Salmon If Approved?

By Robynne Boyd - The FDAâ€™s findings have not quelled the concerns of opponents. Food safety critics believe itâ€™s a Mad-Max test that could go disastrously wrong…

April 26th, 2013

Over a Million Comments Filed on GE Salmon as New Evidence Emerges of Deeply Flawed Review

By Rebekah Wilce - The extended comment period on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review and approval of AquAdvantage genetically engineered (GE) salmon ends April 26…

March 26th, 2013

| Anchorage Daily News

Resolution on genetically modified salmon passes

By Associated Press - The Alaska Legislature has passed a resolution calling upon the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to further investigate the effects of producing genetically engineered salmon. HJR5, by Rep. Geran Tarr of Anchorage, also asks the federal government to require labeling genetically modified salmon if it is to be sold.

March 23rd, 2013

| Los Angeles Times

Genetic modification strains old food and drug laws

By Rosie Mestel - When is a fish not a fish but a drug? When government regulators take old laws and twist themselves into knots trying to apply them to new technology.

March 19th, 2013

| New York Times

Letter to the Editor: Genetically Engineered Fish

Letter to the editor by CFS Director of Government Affairs, Colin O'Neil

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