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Lawsuit Filed Against Unregulated GloFish

Posted by michael on from the chinese-needle-snake dept.

purduephotog writes "You may remember the infamous poll on glowing pets posted in response to the marketing of GloFish. The Center for Food Safety has filed a lawsuit asking to halt all sales of said fish until the government can properly regulate it. More information at ABCNews.com."

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  1. The Sky Is Falling! by grub · · Score: 5, Insightful


    The suit alleges the hidden genes can threaten human and animal health if the biotech fish are released and consumed by other fish that eventually are eaten by humans.

    I'm not a big fan of GM food but we've been monkeying with the food supply at a higher level for years: pesticides, fungicides, seedless fruits, selective breeding. More recently we have Monsanto and their 'Terminator Gene', etc.

    Worrying about fish that may make it to the wild and into the food chain seems pretty tame in comparison.

    (just had a thought.. someone with these GloFish(tm) should feed a few to their cat and watch for ill effects. I'd wager the only interesting bit would be the ability to scoop the litterbox in the dark. :))

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  2. Re:Its only an aquarium fish! by Smidge204 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I had the same reaction, but you know someone is gonna do it anyway.

    Too bad they can't solve this by putting a warning label on 'em...

    Then again, if you're stupid enough to eat one you deserve what you get. That's just me, though. I mean, you can buy all sorts of dangerous pets and there's no law protecting you if you stick your hand in the cage, right? So what if they're genetically engineered, they're for looking not eating.
    =Smidge=