Environmental and Indirect Human Health Risk Assessment of GloFish® Starfire Red®, Electric Green®, Sunburst Orange®, and Galactic Purple® Barbs (Puntigrus tetrazona) : Transgenic Ornamental Fish

Abstract

Pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), four notifications were submitted under the New Substances Notification Regulations (Organisms) (NSNR[O]) by Spectrum Brands to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) for genetically engineered Puntigrus tetrazona: GloFish® Electric Green® Barb (GB2011), GloFish® Starfire Red® Barb (RB2015), GloFish® Sunburst Orange® Barb (OB2019), and GloFish® Galactic Purple® Barb (PB2019). Environmental and indirect human health risk assessments were conducted that included an analysis of potential hazards, likelihoods of exposure, and associated uncertainties to reach conclusions on risk and to provide science advice to ECCC and Health Canada (HC) to inform their CEPA risk assessment. Assessments were compared with the assessments of previously notified GloFish® Tetra, Danio, and Betta lines.