TO THE SALMON CONSUMER: I’M NOT BUYING IT.
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Salmon that has been genetically modified to grow faster has been approved.
Health Canada states:
“in every other way, the AquaAdvantage salmon is identical to other farmed salmon.”
Not true. For one, it has higher levels of the growth hormone IGF-1[i] [ii], which is tied to several common cancers, including prostate, breast, colorectum and lung[iii]. For another, some GM salmon show a statistically significant increase (1.5 fold) in allergen content. Lastly, the eggs are pressure shocked to produce an abnormality so that they aren’t fertile.
I’m not eating that fish. Would you eat that fish?
And these three points on GM salmon are set out in Health Canada’s own document[iv]. So how can Health Canada approve the fish? Simple: it is silent on these points or it accepts the explanations presented by AquaBounty that the points aren’t “relevant”:
On the finding of higher levels of IGF-1, Health Canada accepts this is “not toxicologically …Read More
