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Coming to Your Plate: Genetically Modified Salmon

But critics say there's a transparency issue

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 7, 2010 7:49 AM CDT

(Newser) – The FDA has declared a genetically engineered salmon safe for human consumption, putting it one brief swim away from a supermarket near you. Dubbed AquAdvantage Salmon, the Massachusetts-bred fish have been enhanced with a gene from an ocean pout—an eel-like fish—that allows them... Read full story »

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