
Dear friends,
The US is about to treat the world to the first genetically modified meat: a
mutant salmon that could wipe out wild salmon populations and threaten human
health. Unless we stop it, this Frankenfish could open the floodgates for
biotech meat around the world. Click below to build 1 million voices to stop it:
The US is about to treat the world to the first genetically modified meat: a
mutant salmon that could wipe out wild salmon populations and threaten human
health -- but we can stop it now before our plates are filled with suspicious
Frankenfish.
The new fake salmon grows twice as fast as the real one, and not even scientists
know its long-term health effects. Yet it's about to be declared safe for us to
eat, based on studies paid for by the company that created the GMO creature!
Luckily, the US is legally required to consider public opinion before deciding.
A growing coalition of consumers, environmentalists, and fishermen is calling on
the government to trash this fishy deal. Let's urgently build an avalanche of
global support to help them win.
The consultation is happening right now and we have a real chance to keep mutant
fish off the menu. Sign to stop Frankenfish and share widely -- when we reach 1
million, our call will be officially submitted to the public consultation:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_franken...cFvSab&v=21097
The company that developed the Frankenfish altered the DNA of the salmon to
create a fish that would grow at lightning speed, year-round. Not only do we not
understand its long term health effects, if a few of them or their eggs reached
the wild, these super-salmon could decimate entire wild salmon populations.
Worse, once they hit supermarkets, we won't be able to tell apart Frankenfish
and real salmon, so there won't be a way to avoid it!
The biotech industry has spent hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying
governments to approve its GM crops. Frankenfish is their next million dollar
baby -- it could open the floodgates for other transgenic meats. But the US
government will consider public opinion before it makes its final decision -- if
we can stun them with a giant global opposition when they least expect it, we
can stop this reckless deal.
Frankenfish is on the verge of being approved -- let's make sure biotech
companies don't decide what we eat. Help build one million voices to stop the
mutant fish:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_franken...cFvSab&v=21097
Avaaz members have come together to protect the natural world and our food
system from dangerous meddling. In 2010, over 1 million of us spoke out against
genetically modified food in Europe. Let's come together again to stop
Frankenfish.
With hope,
Jamie, Nick, Emma, Dalia, Emily, Paul, Ricken, Wen-Hua and the whole Avaaz team
MORE INFORMATION
Engineered Fish Moves a Step Closer to Approval (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/22/bu...closer-to-fed\
eral-approval.html
GM salmon: FDA's assessment of environmental risks (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/health/booste...-fda-assesses\
-risks-20121224,0,2554480.story
Genetically Modified Animals (Women's Health Magazine)
http://www.womenshealthmag.com/nutri...dified-animals
Protect our waters from GE Salmon (Center for Food Safety)
http://ge-fish.org/
Below the Surface: The Dangers of Genetically Engineered Salmon (Food & Water
Watch)
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/fac...w-the-surface/
Genetically Engineered Salmon (Ocean Conservancy)
http://www.oceanconservancy.org/our-...netically.htm\
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