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judging by your subject line to present the article you think
genetically altered foods such as rice are a bad idea.

Rice has been genetically altered for some time, the most popular being
the golden rice.

This particular modification generates a vitamin A precursor in the rice
which upon consumption reduces the need of dietary intake of vitamin A
from other sources.

Considering that the level of vitamin A provided by the golden rice is
still very low (not high enough to satisfy the daily requirement), some
might be tempted to toss it entirely.

Except that even at the low level, it can prevent blindness brought on
by vitamin A deficiency in the worlds poorest.

In addition the licence for golden rice is such that subsitence farmers
can grow $10,000 worth per year before they have to pay licencing fees.

People who hate biotech like this are stupid and deserve to lose their
agricultural competitiveness to countries which embrace the new biology.

I guarantee that the half blind starving person will take golden rice if
you give it to them.