Golden Rice

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I spoke with John Batchelor most recently about Golden Rice, a groundbreaking genetically engineered crop created by German scientists in the 1980s and ’90s, and hailed as a miraculous solution to vitamin A deficiency, which plagues millions world

Their eyes tell their sad stories as ghostly white irises give way to vacant stares. We can look at them, but they can’t look back at us.

“Vitamin A deficiency [VAD] is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children worldwide,” the American Academy of Ophthalmology noted last year.

Actually, I want more than just having Golden Rice — I want it to be widely available to people who eat rice as a staple food.

One of the potentially most valuable products of genetic engineering — public health-wise — was Golden Rice. This is rice which has genes added to it which allow the plant to make beta-carotene in its grain.

In a huge win for public health and science, Golden Rice is taking a major step towards reality in Bangladesh.

Patrick Moore was instrumental in the founding of GreenPeace,

In today s New York Post, an