Technology moves faster than regulators

USA Today ^ | 12/28/2003 | Michael Rodemeyer

[presidio9]

Pet stores across most of America are set to begin selling a transgenic

[EuroFrog]

My fishtank has been in storage in the states for just over 3 years now. I cant wait to get it back.

[Dan Evans]

This is the "precautionary principle" out of control. A thing is assumed to be dangerous until proven safe by a government agency. They will eventually regulate every single breath we take. The fallacy is that a panel of bureaucrats has the wisdom to know.

[inquest]

I was gonna say... How about just holding people accountable for the consequences of their actions? I guess that must be like speaking Lithuanian to some of these people.

[Old Professer]

In government, inertia is an unmeasured work-product.

[Mr. Bird]

But earlier this month the FDA announced that it would not review GloFish because the agency doesn't believe the fish pose a direct risk to the food supply or the environment. The question is: How does the FDA know GloFish are safe without a review?

Sheesh. Clearly, the FDA conducted some sort of review, if only to determine that a thorough one is unnecessary. The author should be concerned if the FDA said "GloFish? What GloFish?".

Looks like this could be a case of actual government prudence, and less the debacle the author apparently wants it to be.