Recent Russian clandestine attempts to use “authentic” U.S.
vitamin A deficiency
I spoke with John Batchelor most recently about Golden Rice, a groundbreaking genetically engineered crop created by German scientists in the 1980s and ’90s, and hailed as a miraculous solution to vitamin A deficiency, which plagues millions world
Their eyes tell their sad stories as ghostly white irises give way to vacant stares. We can look at them, but they can’t look back at us.
From the early days of Greenpeace when its members were dodging harpoons and Japanese whalers in outboard motor boats – remember “Save the Whales!” — it has leveraged media savvy and an aptitude for political theater to become a $400 million-
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.
Golden Rice, a genetically engineered crop enriched with beta-carotene which the body can then convert to vita