KC was PI of the study and planned, organized, and supervised animal experiments, hormone stimulation of prostate, the carcinogenesis study, and evaluation of morphological alterations in various prostate lobes; KC also evaluated the data and wrote the manuscript, which all authors have read and approved.
(They must also bear a caveat, to the effect that the "F.D.A. has evaluated the data and determined the evidence supporting the claim is not conclusive").
On the contrary, the NOAA scientists had actually statistically evaluated the data, and found that between 2004 and 2011, the oceans (to a depth of 1,800 meters) had absorbed heat at a rate equivalent of 4.5 Hiroshima atomic bomb detonations per second, according to measurements from instruments on Argo buoys.
"The F.D.A. has thoroughly analyzed and evaluated the data and information submitted by AquaBounty regarding the AquAdvantage salmon and determined that they have met the regulatory requirements for approval, including that food from the fish is safe to eat," Bernadette Dunham, director of the agency's Center for Veterinary Medicine, said in a statement.
"The FDA has thoroughly analyzed and evaluated the data and information submitted by AquaBounty Technologies regarding AquAdvantage Salmon and determined that they have met the regulatory requirements for approval, including that food from the fish is safe to eat," said Bernadette Dunham, D.V.M., Ph.D., director of the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine, in a statement.
WNA evaluated the data and edited the manuscript.
MvdV evaluated the data and wrote the manuscript.
VRB evaluated the data and reviewed the text.
AH, GRH and MB evaluated the data and analysis.
MLB evaluated the data and drafted the manuscript.
