Farm Fodder

The FDA is considering the acceptance into the food chain of the genetically engineered salmon.

The salmon,  “engineered” by a company called “AquAdvantage” is modified by the injection of  growth hormones to increase the rate of growth. Evidently, the GM salmon can reach maturity in half the normal growth cycle. So, instead of 30 months for a full-grown salmon, it is reduced to 16 to 18 months.

Now to do to the salmon what the chicken breeders have done to the meat chicken. There is a commercial “broiler” that, basically, is an eating and pooping machine. Instead of taking 12 – 16 weeks to reach full-size, it only takes 6 – 8. And if you let them go more than eight weeks, their legs break because they were developed to have a HUGE breast, which the legs cannot support. The weight of these chickens (which we have raised for our own freezer) at 7 – 8 weeks, is 6 pounds.  At the 8 week stage, they can hardly walk on their legs, but they will continue to eat – and if their legs don’t break under their weight, then they will have heart attacks or respiratory failure (especially in the heat).

And research has shown that the growth hormones used in the dairy industry has caused early maturity in girls. So, what can we expect from GMO salmon? More of the same health issues…

Read it, then call your senators, representatives and tell them NO! to GMO Salmon:

FDA to consider OK of genetically engineered salmon – CNN.com.

–Pat

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