#Repost @childrenshealthdefense @download.ins --- “All products made with genetic engineering should undergo thorough and precautionary assessment for impacts to our health and environment, be properly regulated and clearly labeled before entering the market.” @centerforfoodsafety ______________ The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) violated core environmental laws in approving the genetically engineered (GE) salmon. The court ruled that FDA ignored the serious environmental consequences of approving GE salmon and the full extent of plans to grow and commercialize the salmon in the U.S. and around the world, violating the National Environmental Policy Act. The court also ruled that FDA’s unilateral decision that GE salmon could have no possible effect on highly-endangered, wild Atlantic salmon was wrong, in violation of the Endangered Species Act. The court ordered FDA to go back to the drawing board and FDA must now thoroughly analyze the environmental consequences of an escape of GE salmon into the wild. “Today’s decision is a vital victory for endangered salmon and our oceans,” said George Kimbrell, Center for Food Safety legal director and counsel in the case. “Genetically engineered animals create novel risks and regulators must rigorously analyze them using sound science, not stick their head in the sand as officials did here. In reality, this engineered fish offers nothing but unstudied risks. The absolute last thing our planet needs right now is another human-created crisis like escaped genetically engineered fish running amok.” #FDA #salmon #geneticallyengineered #GEsalmon #fish #environment #environmental #TheDefender #ProfitsOverPeople https://www.instagram.com/p/CHXQ4cVHBAP/?igshid=1h9khujlhwj0j