GMO Golden Rice may cause birth defects while failing to solve nutrient deficiencies
(NaturalNews) Scientists in Bangladesh are preparing to begin field
trials in November involving the cultivation of the genetically-modified
rice variety GR-2 E BRRI Dhan29, known as "Golden Rice," before beginning full-scale production of the crop in that country.
Golden
Rice has been touted as the "world's first vitamin A-enriched rice",
and its proponents claim it has the potential to remedy vitamin A
deficiencies among populations such as those of Bangladesh and India,
where the poor depend on rice for up to 70 percent of their caloric
intake.
A pack of lies
However, as in virtually all ofthe Frankenfood industry's previous schemes, much of the "information"
being disseminated about the supposed benefits of Golden Rice is nothing
more than a pack of lies.
