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January 21, 2014

DID THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BREAK THE LAW WITH GENETICALLY MODIFIED SALMON APPROVAL?

January 21, 2014/ RuralLife.ca

Source: Ecojustice

Ecojustice lawyers have filed a lawsuit, on behalf of Ecology Action Centre and Living Oceans Society, against the federal government for permitting the manufacture of genetically modified salmon in Canada. This would be the world’s first genetically modified food animal to go into production and we believe it’s important that the government's assessment of this organism be done in a comprehensive… (read more)