Production of the world’s first genetically engineered food animal, a GE salmon, ended in 2024 after twenty years of protest in Canada. In 2012, the introduction of the GE “Enviropig” was stopped ...
Since its inception over ten years ago, CounterPunch covered the attempt to sell and market the genetic modified (GM) AquAdvantage salmon. Most CounterPunch readers will be happy to know that ...
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Gene-edited pigs may soon enter the Canadian market, but questions about their impact remain
The Canadian government is currently considering approving the entry of gene-edited pigs into the food system. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Using CRISPR ...
A DRUG that is produced in the milk of a genetically engineered (GE) goat for treating a rare blood disorder is on the verge of approval in the U.S. Although the goat is not supposed to enter the food ...
Are you one of life’s twitterati or just a hot mess? Or maybe you’re a freegan with some serious FOMO? They are among 500 words being added today to the Oxford English Dictionary. First published in ...
Climate-friendly sheep and salmon that eat less yet grow faster. Researchers are using genetic engineering to design animals for the livestock farming of the future. It all started in 1990 with Herman ...
Pigs need phosphorus in their diet. But most of the phosphorus in their grain feed is in the form of phytic acid, which they cannot digest. As a result, they excrete it into the environment, badly ...
MONTREAL — The stink will stay, at least for now, but in a biotech breakthrough Canadian scientists have created a pig whose manure is expected to do far less harm to the environment than the poop of ...
Laura Moss is a journalist with more than 15 years of experience writing about science, nature, culture, and the environment. People may soon be getting vaccinated for diseases like hepatitis B and ...
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