Scientists have moved from producing genetically enhanced tomatoes to genetically enhanced animals. The animal in question is salmon. This new type of salmon has an added hormone that allows in to produce their growth hormone all year long versus only part time. There is a meeting scheduled to vote on whether or not to approve this fish for consumption.
Eh, I don't really think it's that huge of a deal. Companies have been producing and selling GE (genetically enhanced) crops for years; it seems to me that they are pretty safe. The issue for me would be mostly centered around what the animal has been modified to do. For the salmon--giving them a gene that lets them grow all year is fine; it will produce more meat, right? I just don't think the GE animals should be allowed to compete with the un-enhanced animals. If that happens, the un-enhanced organisms will eventually lose out.
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