A judge has given AquaBounty Farms Ohio LLC until April 10 to respond to claims that it owes nearly $1.6 million to a contractor it hired to help construct a land-based aquaculture plant for raising genetically modified salmon in Pioneer, Ohio. The project was never finished. It came to a halt in June 2023. AquaBounty’s stock has plummeted in recent months, opening at only 54 cents a share on Monday. The company has until July 15 to get it up to $1 or more for 10 consecutive days, or face removal from the Nasdaq stock exchange. In December, it ceased all remaining fish-rearing operations. It also announced a management shakeup, and reduced its staff. Toledo Blade

 

 

He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who genetically engineered children, has claimed on X: "My success in science is mostly attributed to the environment of China that encourages 'world-leading' scientific breakthroughs." Read: My criminal activity (creating genetically engineered children) was greatly facilitated by a lack of regulation. So deregulate at your peril. @GMWatch on X

 

 

Pesticides must be phased out in the light of rates of childhood cancer, says physician Valerie Bengal. Earlier this year, a study in Nebraska (GMO corn and soy country) found the strongest associations to childhood cancers from dicamba and glyphosate. And the rate of childhood cancer in Santa Cruz County, California is more than 38% above the overall California rate, with pesticides being a likely contributor. Lookout Santa Cruz

 

 

EU regulations on GM foods now seem to be on their way into Icelandic law, after a delay of 22 years after they were adopted in the European Economic Area. The issue concerns two EU regulations. One of them, Regulation 1830/2003, deals with the traceability and labelling of food products containing GM ingredients. Although this regulation has not been implemented in Iceland, Icelandic authorities have introduced a regulation that is almost identical to the one issued by the EU. The other regulation, Regulation 1829/2003, has faced opposition in Iceland — mainly from companies that import food products from the US. This regulation requires that all GM materials used in food products sold on the internal market (EU and EEA countries) must be approved. No similar regulation has been adopted in Iceland, but now the issue is being moved forward. And Norwegian authorities also seem to be shifting their stance in the same direction. RUV

 

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