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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. But I want my day-glo sashimi! by pu'u_bear · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Seriously though, in the 50 years (wild guess) that zebrafish have been imported for aquariums, not to mention all of the developmental biology research done on them, no one has found a zebrafish invdading a non-native watershed. Besides, I have to think that them glowing would lead to rapid predation.

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    --You're BOTH right. It's a floor wax AND a desert topping!
  2. A GOOD use for the Terminator Gene (big "?") by StefanJ · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you follow the link, you'll find that Monsanto, for whom I have no great love either, has abandoned the project.

    A friend thought of a genuinely interesting use for a crop with terminator genes:

    Erosion control.

    There are several species of fast-growing plant what would be very useful for preventing (say) an hilly area whose forest cover burned away from eroding, but who are also dangerous "alien" species.

    Kudzu is one example; more subtle is the bizarre-looking "ice plant" that was imported to California for erosion control along railways but has become a pest.

    It might be worth a research project to look into whether a fast-growing erosion control plant equipped with terminator genes could stabilize a burned-out area, retaining the soil for long enough for native plants to get a toe-hold. And then die out . . .

    Stefan