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