Consumers want tougher probe of engineered salmon
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Three consumer groups petitioned the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to subject a new genetically engineered salmon to a more rigorous review process than is now in place before the fish can be approved as safe to eat.
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Omega-3s tied to lower risk of heart arrhythmia
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(Reuters Health) - In a new study of some 3,000 older adults, those with the highest levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their blood were 30 percent less likely to develop an irregular heartbeat over the next 14 years than peers with the lowest blood levels of omega-3s.
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Eating fish tied to lower risk of colon polyps
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who eat about three servings of fish
per week have a somewhat lower chance of having polyps found during a
routine colonoscopy than women who eat just one serving every two weeks,
according to a new study.
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GE salmon focus of Senate hearing
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A recent Senate hearing placed a spotlight on the regulatory tangle
surrounding the approval process for genetically-engineered salmon.
Potentially the country’s first GE animal for human consumption, the
salmon have raised a host of worries among critics including the impact
on the environment should they escape fish farms.
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Jim Florio says fish from New Jersey waters labeled unsafe to eat
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There’s plenty of fish in the waters of New Jersey, along with lots of
other things: mercury, polychlorobiphenyls and dioxin, among them.
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