GENET-news articles on GE pigs (EnviroPig)
2011-01-05 | permalink
Frankenswine: Pigs genetically modified not to smell
One of the pig’s creators, Professor Rich Moccia, of the University of Guelph, in Ontario, Canada, told the BBC: ’They are pretty friendly and pretty gregarious. ’These pigs are almost identical to a normal Yorkshire pig. They look normal, they grow normally and they behave normally.’ [...] it is still not allowed in the food chain – and is years away from being approved. Vicky Hird, of Friends of the Earth, said the name Enviropig ’was a huge irony’. She added: ’Pigs reared in these intensive units can never be sustainable because they require so much soya which is grown by clearing forests which leads to more greenhouse gases being released. ’And when it comes to GM food, consumers are voting with their feet. They won’t accept it.’
- The Daily Mail, UK: Frankenswine: Pigs genetically modified not to smell
- British Broadcasting Corporation, UK (BBC): GM pigs: Green ham with your eggs?
- MAcleans, Canada: Green eggs and ham
- CNN, USA: Enviropig: the next transgenic food?
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia (ABC): ’Enviropig’ ... or Frankenswine? A bioengineered pig that could cut down on pollutants has some critics concerned
- CounterCurrents, India: Why you should be worried of Enviropig
Overview
2011-01-05 | permalink
Frankenswine: Pigs genetically modified not to smell
One of the pig’s creators, Professor Rich Moccia, of the University of Guelph, in Ontario, Canada, told the BBC: ’They are pretty friendly and pretty gregarious. ’These pigs are almost identical to a normal Yorkshire pig. They look normal, they grow normally and they behave normally.’ [...] it is still not allowed in the food chain – and is years away from being approved. Vicky Hird, of Friends of the Earth, said the name Enviropig ’was a huge irony’. She added: ’Pigs reared in these intensive units can never be sustainable because they require so much soya which is grown by clearing forests which leads to more greenhouse gases being released. ’And when it comes to GM food, consumers are voting with their feet. They won’t accept it.’
- The Daily Mail, UK: Frankenswine: Pigs genetically modified not to smell
- British Broadcasting Corporation, UK (BBC): GM pigs: Green ham with your eggs?
- MAcleans, Canada: Green eggs and ham
- CNN, USA: Enviropig: the next transgenic food?
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia (ABC): ’Enviropig’ ... or Frankenswine? A bioengineered pig that could cut down on pollutants has some critics concerned
- CounterCurrents, India: Why you should be worried of Enviropig
