A creepy new use for rBGH
Putting cow hormones into fish food makes them balloon
by Tom Philpott

Want a snapshot of the state of research at the modern state university? Here's one:

In collaboration with Monsanto Chemical Company and California Sea Grant, Hawaii Sea Grant Director Gordon Grau is characterizing the efficacy and safety of Monsanto's recombinant bovine growth hormone in raising aquacultured tilapia.
Sea Grant is a publicly funded, nationwide network of 30 state-university research and extension programs designed to "foster science-based decisions about the use and conservation of our aquatic resources." Sea Grant has a pithy little slogan: "Science serving America's coasts."

In this case, it might consider modifying that to read: "Publicly funded research serving the globe's largest agri-biotech company." According to one account, the Sea Grant kicked in $100,000 to support the project, with Monsanto ponying up $80,000.

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