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A recent article in the New York Times, Golden Rice: A Lifesaver?, touched on a number of intertwined food concerns, including–
- Genetically modified organisms
- malnutrition (vitamin A deficiency) in the developing world leading to blindness and death
- Giving away the seeds in the developing world, but retaining the patents and profits in the developed world
and more food for thought.
