From the Chicago Tribune about 10 days back – Indiana salmon hatchery raising GMO salmon for human consumption.
One could easily argue there’s a reason you don’t find wild salmon in Indiana – landlocked save for 40 miles of southern-most Lake Michigan shoreline, Indiana has long been a leading producer of corn, soybeans, wheat, hay, and tomatoes – not anadromous fish. Quick research details the history of stocking several salmon species in Lake Michigan beginning in the ’60s, and continuing to this day as self-sustaining salmon populations have apparently not been established.
Genetically modified critters and plants raise eyebrows in certain circles these days; agnostic to GMO issues in the past, my opinions have changed dramatically after reading the works of cardiac surgeon and immunobiologist Steven Gundry, MD.
Bottom line, GMO foods do appear to impact human physiology in terms of interactions with our immune systems, and the results for most aren’t good. GMO salmon raised in tanks on Indiana farmland, as is the game with just about all farmed salmon, are a bad idea, no matter how much faster they grow and come to market.
For those who have an interest in the immunobiology and immunochemistry related to this, I’ll be posting more details over on the OlderBolderLife later this week.
Enjoy some wild salmon this week.
Image via the CT article linked above.
