View Full Version : GENETICALLY ALTERED FISH AND CLONING?


Swimmer
02-15-2003, 03:06 PM
WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT SALMON, FARM RAISED SALMON, ARE INJECTED WITH THE GENES OF ANOTHER FISH, WHICH MAKES THEM GROW IN ONE YEAR TO THE SIZE USUALLY NOT FOUND IN AN UNALTERED SALMON UNTIL IT REACHES THREE YEARS OF AGE? WE BUY THESE SALMON EVERY WEEK IN SHAW'S AND STOP & SHOP. IT IS NOT CLONING, BUT IT CERTAINLY CROSSES INTO THE SAME DILEMA. I CANNOT REMEMBER AS I WRITE THIS WHICH FISH THE GENES COME FROM THAT ARE INJECTED INTO THE FARMED SALMON. IT COULD HAVE BEEN FLOUNDER GENES, BUT I MIGHT BE WRONG THEIR.
CLONING HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE FOR YEARS WITH THE FOOD WE EAT. MAYBE NOT IN AN EXCITING SCIENTIFIC WAY, BUT WHEN DISEASES ARE BRED OUT OF AND BETTER TASTE IS BRED INTO POPULAR FOOD ITEMS, SUCH AS CORN OR MANY OTHER ITEMS THAT ALL OF YOU BUY EVERY WEEK.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ON THIS LIST HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT YOU EAT IS IRRADIATED?
THE WAY I SEE IT IS THAT WE HAVE TO DECIDE ON WHAT TO DO WITH THE CLONED PEOPLE THAT ARE BROUGHT TO FULL-TERM THAT END UP BEING NOT QUITE AS HEALTHY AS WE WOULD LIKE. THIS WILL BE SOMETHING ELSE THAT WLL BRING THE PRO-LIFERS AND ABORTION ADVOCATES TO DO BATTLE AGAIN. IT TOOK SCIENTISTS 700 TRIES BEFORE THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL TWICE WITH COWS. I AM NOT SURE HOW MANY TIMES IT TOOK TO GET THAT SHEEP IN ENGLAND.
WE WONT STOP SCIENCE, NOR SHOULD WE. IT IS A WELL-KNOWN FACT THOUGH THAT WHAT HAS BEEN CLONED SO-FAR HAS HAD VERY SHORT LIVED EXISTANCE. THE ANIMALS DEVELOP ALL-KINDS OF ARTHRITIS AND OTHER SAME TYPE AILMENTS. SO WHAT CLONING HAS TAKEN PLACE SO FAR HAS NOT BEEN HUGELY SUCCESSFUL.