Interview With Professor Potrykus, Inventor of Golden Rice

Posted by Unknown on Monday September 9, 2013 @07:03PM from the better-living-through-genetic-engineering dept.

crabel writes "According to WHO, 127 millions of pre-school children worldwide suffer from vitamin A deficiency, causing some 500,000 cases of irreversible blindness every year. This deficiency is responsible for 600,000 deaths among children under the age of 5. Golden Rice might be a solution to this problem. The only problem? It's GMO. In an interview inventor Potrykus, now close to 80 years old, answers questions about the current state of approval, which might happen in the next couple of months."

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Re:"The only problem? It's GMO." by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-09 20:19 · Score: 0, Troll

Apparently, you never heard of the GMO potato, that caused cancerous tissue in rat intestine.
These stories are rutinely removed from the web very quickly, this is one of the few I could find:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/suppressed-report-shows-cancer-link-to-gm-potatoes-436673.html
Also, google "GM soy allergies".