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Four Fish : The Future of the Last Wild Food by Greenberg, Paul is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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Amazon.com Review Paul Greenberg on Four Fish : Fix the Farm, Not the Salmon When the New York Times reported in June of 2010 that the US Food and Drug Administration was “seriously considering” approving a genetically modified Atlantic salmon for American consumption the cries from environmentalists and food reformers were, predictably, almost audible on the streets. The AquAdvantage® Salmon uses a “genetic on-switch” from a fish called an ocean pout (a very different animal) in combination with a growth gene from a Chinook salmon to achieve double the growth rate of the unmodified creature. The animal’s creator, AquaBounty Technologies of Waltham, MA asserts that the fish will be sterile and grown in out-of-ocean bio-secure containment structures. Nevertheless the emotional worry of genetic contamination of wild fish, the public preoccupation with health risks a modified salmon could pose, and just the overall ick-factor consumers seem to have about GMO food were all on display across the foodie and environmental blogosphere a few days after the Times article ran. But, curiously, perhaps the loudest groan that I heard in response to the AquaBounty successes came from salmon

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Greenberg, Paul
Publisher
Penguin Group USA, Inc
Published
2010
Language
EN
ISBN
9781594202568
Category
science
Subjects
Agriculture, Economics, Fiction
Rating
3.99 / 5 (3,965 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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