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size=2></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT>From <A
href="http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/12/02/fluorescent.fish.ap/index.html">CNN</A>:
The nation's first genetically altered household pet - a fish that glows in the
dark - is set to begin appearing in stores next month everywhere except perhaps
California, the only state with a ban on lab-engineered species. On Wednesday,
the California Fish and Game Commission is scheduled to take up an application
from Yorktown Technologies of Austin, Texas, to market the GloFish in
California. <BR>State wildlife officials have concluded that the Florida-grown
fluorescent zebra fish poses no danger, and they have recommended that the state
exempt it from the ban. But environmental and public interest groups, along with
commercial fishermen, oppose an exemption. <BR>"What California says is going to
make very little difference in the long run if all the other states are going to
allow them," said Peter Jenkins, an attorney and policy analyst with the Center
for Food Safety. Similarly, I think restrictive laws in the US are going to make
very little difference in the long run if most other countries are going to
allow lab-engineered species. </DIV></BODY></HTML>