With all the new technologies developing, it seems like the science fiction we once read in books is increasingly becoming reality. The idea of having a glow-in-the dark fish as a pet is fascinating. What kid isn’t going to want one? And since the capability can’t be far behind, what kid isn’t going to want their own body to glow in the dark, for that matter?

In a past summary, Genetically Modified Fish: A Disaster Waiting to Happen, I stated that the development of genetically modified fish are a disaster waiting to happen. While glow in the dark fish may not directly impact your health, it is an ominous symbol of the potential disasters lurking within the science of genetic modification.

What happens, for instance, when a genetically modified fish -- such as this GloFish, or any of the other fish engineers are tinkering with to do "special" things -- escapes into the wild? These man-made fish could breed with other fishes, causing harm not only to other fishes but to humans as well, and the possibility of extinction to whole fish species.

I already advise you to avoid eating fish because most contain PCBs and toxic mercury (except for sources that you KNOW have been lab-tested and shown to be free of these toxins, like the Alaskan wild red salmon we lab-tested and offer here.) Now, if and when these genetically modified fish end up in the food chain, it looks like I’ll have yet another reason to warn you not to eat fish -- you may end up glowing, too. That’s a joke, but with a very serious undertone.

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