Golden rice’s efficacy as a source of vitamin A has been shown in experiments going back to 2009 with human volunteers. But despite its promise, the rice has been attacked by critics of ...

Golden Rice is rice that’s been genetically engineered to deliver enough beta carotene to improve the health of the malnourished poor who might eat it. (Deficiencies blind over 250,000 children ...

Simply put, golden rice is a golden opportunity. My country’s approval of golden rice came in 2021, when the Philippines joined Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States in declaring ...

Golden Rice has potential to help millions of people in developing countries, but government regulators, the UN, and anti-GMO activists have gotten in the way.

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Golden rice—with its yellow grains rich in beta carotene, which the human body turns into vitamin A—could virtually eliminate this problem in countries where rice is the staple food.

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Golden rice, first unveiled as a prototype in 1999, fits the bill: Adding less than a cup of the grain to a child’s diet could meet up to half of their daily needs.

If so, then golden rice will be delayed for many months, or even longer if more vandalism is done or if the anti-GMO activists find other strategies to hamper and delay the scientists’ work.

But golden rice would cost just $100 for every life saved from vitamin A deficiency. Similarly, it is argued that golden rice will not be adopted, because most Asians eschew brown rice.

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