To: U.S. Food and Drug Administration and President Donald Trump
Tell the FDA: Keep GE Salmon Out of Our Food Chain
Please ensure that there is a thorough and transparent review of all of the possible environmental threats relating to AquaBounty's genetically-engineered AquAdvantage salmon, specifically the risks these fish might present to our natural marine environment and native fish populations.
Why is this important?
KEEP FRANKENFISH OUT OF OUR FOOD CHAIN. During the holidays, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) took a controversial step toward approving the first-ever genetically-engineered fish made for human consumption. These fish are the spawn of a company called AquaBounty Technologies and are engineered in foreign laboratories to grow twice as fast as natural Atlantic salmon.
And if that’s not scary enough, the FDA isn’t even planning on thoroughly studying all the environmental risks presented by these Frankenfish before giving the green light to AquaBounty. This means these Frankenfish will be produced on a commercial scale before anyone knows what damaging impacts they may have if they invade our most sensitive natural marine environments. The FDA wants to be able to save these crucial questions for a later time, but these questions need to be answered now, before it’s too late.