[AquaticLife] Glo-fish
I don’t know if the readings you did concerning California included the fact that all transgenetic organisms were banned by law prior to the arrival of the glo-fish. Yorktown Technologies petitioned for an exception to the ban. The frivolous purposes was but one of the frivolous arguments used to defeat the argument for an exemption. You have to remember that we are dealing with a political issue here, and it does not really matter if any of the arguments, pro or con, are based on any sort of fact at all.
The truth of the matter is that the work was done to lead to a fish that would change in color to identify waters that were polluted with specific toxins. The creation of the glo-fish was merely a step in the process. Whether anything comes from this line of research is up in the air–it just may not be possible to do this in this manner.
Meanwhile we do have the glo-fish in the hobby, and while it exists in fairly small numbers, at least around here, I am fairly certain it is here to stay.
\Steve//
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