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Report CoverAnimal Biotechnology: Science-Based Concerns (2002)


The report identifies potential risks associated with advances in animal biotechnology, including the possibility that genetically engineered fish, shellfish or insects might escape and introduce engineered genes into wild populations. The report says there is no evidence that products from cloned livestock are unsafe to eat, but assessing the safety of food from cloned animals is difficult given a lack of data.
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