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I refer to your article "Pigging Out Healthfully health·ful  
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: Engineered pork has more omega-3s" (SN: 4/1/06, p. 196). Changing the diet of pigs, cows, chickens, etc., to include more omega-3 fatty acids This is a list of omega-3 fatty acids.

Common name Lipid name Chemical name
α-Linolenic acid (ALA) 18:3 (n-3) octadeca-9,12,15-trienoic acid
Stearidonic acid 18:4 (n-3) octadeca-6,9,12,15-tetraenoic acid
 would be a healthy alternative to genetic engineering and wouldn't require government approval. In particular, the weed purslane purslane, common name for some plants of the Portulaceae, a family of herbs and a few small shrubs, chiefly of the Americas. The portulacas or purslanes (genus Portulaca) include many species indigenous to the United States.  is higher in omega-3s than any other vegetable and is also edible by humans, although it is not generally available in markets. In addition to improving the quality of meat, purslane feed could produce healthier butter and eggs n. 1. (Bot.) a name given to several perennial plants having showy flowers of two shades of yellow, or of yellow and orange, such as Narcissus incomparabilis in Europe, and the toadflax (Linaria vulgaris . And eggs, unlike fish, are plentiful, cheap, and free of pollutants pollutants

see environmental pollution.
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HARRIET PEARLMAN, METUCHEN, N.J.

The researchers seem to be unaware that grass-finished beef has two to six times the concentration of omega-3s that grain-finished beef has. Eggs from chickens allowed to forage for part of their food average four times the omega-3s found in factory-produced eggs. There are more easily implemented methods of making animal products healthier than genetic engineering.

VIRGINIA BROCK, ROCK ISLAND, ILL.

These points about omega-3s in meat and eggs are valid, but changing an animal's feed, even by providing it more foraging space, significantly increases the price of meat, milk, and eggs, say the authors of this study. One of their study objectives was to avoid higher prices.--C. BROWNLEE
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Title Annotation:LETTERS
Author:Brownlee, C.
Publication:Science News
Article Type:Letter to the editor
Date:May 27, 2006
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