MSNBC Story, 2010
BBC News Reports:
Salmon Sized
NPR Podcast:
September 20, 2010 Podcast
"Chinook Connection: The inventors of the genetically engineered fish took a gene for growth hormone from the Pacific's Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), the biggest salmon around, and spliced it into the DNA of the Atlantic species (Salmo salar)" NPR News
Emily Sohn has the stroy on Discovery News:
Salmon Controversy
"The Food and Drug Administration has concluded that the new salmon is safe to eat and safe for the environment, suggesting that approval is likely at a hearing planned for later this month. The decision would make the fish the first genetically modified animal allowed for human consumption.
Called AquAdvantage, the fish has revived controversies that already surround genetically modified organisms. The development also raises questions about the future of the environment, the future of evolution and the future of food."- Emily Sohn
CBS News:
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