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VAD and Golden Rice

Golden Rice was developed in 1999, to help prevent vitamin A deficiency (VAD).

In 2002, Golden Rice varieties could have been ready for planting.

Regulations made this impossible.

Those who have died from VAD since 2002 total:

Most of them were children.

Where rice is the basic food, many of them would still be alive today--
if
regulations hadn't blocked

Golden Rice
VAD also causes blindness. Since 2002, those who have gone blind from VAD total:

Most of the victims are children.

Where rice is the basic food, many of them would still be able to see--
if
regulations had allowed farmers to grow

Golden Rice

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AgBioForum Magazine

agbios database of GM crop safety information

AgBioWorld Foundation

Center for Global Food Issues

Center for International Development at Harvard University

CropGen

European Federation of Biotechnology

Foundation for Biotechnology Awareness and Education

Golden Rice Project

International Food Information Council

International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications

Public Research and Regulation Initiative

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GMO (noun) 1. An acronym for the term, 'Genetically Modified Organism'. 2. A plant, animal