Évaluation des risques pour l'environnement et des risques indirects pour la santé humaine posés par les barbus Puntigrus tetrazona GlofishMD, Starfire RedMD, Electric GreenMD, Sunburst OrangeMD et Galactic PurpleMD : des poissons d'ornement transgéniques

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French
Date
2023
Type
Report
Author(s)
  • Secrétariat canadien des avis scientifiques
  • Canada. Ministère des pêches et des océans. Région de la capitale nationale
Publisher
Centre des avis scientifiques (CAS), Région de la capitale nationale, Pêches et Océans Canada

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Évaluation des risques pour l’environnement et des risques indirects pour la santé humaine posés par les barbus puntigrus tetrazona glofishMD, starfire redMD, electric greenMD, sunburst orangeMD et galactic purpleMD : des poissons d’ornement transgéniques

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.

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1 online resource (31 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Subject

  • Nature and environment,
  • Water,
  • Health and safety

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31 pages

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Government document number
Fs70-6/2023-043F-PDF
ISBN
9780660682990
ISSN
1919-5117

Report

Report no.
2023/043
Series title
Avis scientifique (Secrétariat canadien des avis scientifiques)

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MPO. 2023. Évaluation des risques pour l’environnement et des risques indirects pour la santé humaine posés par les barbus Puntigrus tetrazona GlofishMD, Starfire RedMD, Electric GreenMD, Sunburst OrangeMD et Galactic PurpleMD : des poissons d’ornement transgéniques. Secr. can. des avis sci. du MPO. Avis sci. 2023/043.

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