Glow-in-the-Dark Fish: Bright Idea or Environmental Threat?
A Texas company has been selling genetically modified fluorescent zebra fish called ‘GloFish’ for nearly 10 years.
But now the company is offering a new kind of glow-in-the-dark fish.
And it’s got environmentalists concerned.
Science journalist Adrianne Appel has written an article about ‘GloFish’ in the Washington Post.
She speaks with anchor Lisa Mullins.
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