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April 22, 2012
Seafood counters used to be simpler places, where a fish was labeled with its name and price. Nowadays, it carries more information than a used-car listing. Where did it swim? Was it farm-raised? Was it ever frozen? How much harm was done to the... Read more
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March 30, 2012
ALBANY, N.Y. - Whole Foods Market said Friday that it will stop selling fish caught from depleted waters or through ecologically damaging methods, a move that comes as supermarkets nationwide try to make their seafood selections more sustainable. Read more
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February 23, 2012
It was the two-headed baby trout the got everyone's attention. Read more
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March 7, 2012
AquaBounty Technologies, maker of genetically engineered salmon, is almost out of money. It's been more than two decades since the prototype of its AquAdvantage salmon was spliced into existence, and a decade since AquaBounty applied for FDA... Read more
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January 20, 2012
You would think that a simple bill requiring the labeling of Frankenfish would pass easily through the California Legislature. Read more
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Campaigners say $500,000 grant was made to AquaBounty despite evidence that the firm could soon run out of cash. Read more
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October 18, 2011
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October 8, 2011
Why are our tax dollars going to subsidize the creation of Frankenfish? It's bad enough the government has totally failed to do any kind of regulation for genetically modified organisms (GMOs), including blocking attempts to at least mandate... Read more
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September 29, 2011
AquaBounty Technology's genetically modified salmon just got a hefty financial boost from the USDA: On Monday, the agency awarded the Massachusetts-based company $494,000 to study technologies that would render the genetically tweaked fish sterile. Read more
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September 21, 2011
Scientists at the University of Plymouth have shown, for the first time in an animal, that nanoparticles have a detrimental effect on the brain and other parts of the central nervous system. Read more
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