This is a GMO rice.
The idea is to grow a rice species that has Vitamin A.
The rice grain is yellow in colour.
There is some controversy surrounding the rice.
There was a notorious secret testing of such rice by foreigners (foreign to China) on young mainland Chinese children.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...enetically-modified-golden-rice-children.html
The children and their parents were not told that the so-called golden rice was GMO.
Supposedly, the GMO rice was invented to benefit the under-nourished poor people.
Apparently the Swiss scientist later linked up with a big bio-engineering firm.
http://www.irri.org/index.php?optio...-involved-in-the-golden-rice-project?&lang=en
http://www.syngenta.com/global/corporate/en/news-center/Pages/what-syngenta-thinks-about-full.aspx
But once a big food giant company takes over the invention, then what?
You have to buy the seeds from that giant, is it not?
Although the original scientists have altruistic ideals, in the end it is all about profit.
For example, a bioengineering seed company can earn US$1.48 Billion profit in 3 months. That's profit, not sales turnover.
So, if the golden rice is so wonderful and if they believe in their own product, why don't the Swiss scientists and bio-engineering companies test it on a large scale, on Swiss and US citizens over a period of several years?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/20...en-rice-a-world-of-controversy-over-gmo-foods
The idea is to grow a rice species that has Vitamin A.
The rice grain is yellow in colour.
There is some controversy surrounding the rice.
There was a notorious secret testing of such rice by foreigners (foreign to China) on young mainland Chinese children.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...enetically-modified-golden-rice-children.html
The children and their parents were not told that the so-called golden rice was GMO.
Supposedly, the GMO rice was invented to benefit the under-nourished poor people.
Apparently the Swiss scientist later linked up with a big bio-engineering firm.
http://www.irri.org/index.php?optio...-involved-in-the-golden-rice-project?&lang=en
http://www.syngenta.com/global/corporate/en/news-center/Pages/what-syngenta-thinks-about-full.aspx
But once a big food giant company takes over the invention, then what?
You have to buy the seeds from that giant, is it not?
Although the original scientists have altruistic ideals, in the end it is all about profit.
For example, a bioengineering seed company can earn US$1.48 Billion profit in 3 months. That's profit, not sales turnover.
So, if the golden rice is so wonderful and if they believe in their own product, why don't the Swiss scientists and bio-engineering companies test it on a large scale, on Swiss and US citizens over a period of several years?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/20...en-rice-a-world-of-controversy-over-gmo-foods
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