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Study: ban on genetically modified rice has cost millions of lives and surge in blindness
Posted on 10/28/19 at 10:56 am
Posted on 10/28/19 at 10:56 am
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Golden Rice is a form of normal white rice that has been genetically modified to provide vitamin A to counter blindness and other diseases in children in the developing world. It was developed two decades ago but is still struggling to gain approval in most nations.
“Golden Rice has not been made available to those for whom it was intended in the 20 years since it was created,” states the science writer Ed Regis. “Had it been allowed to grow in these nations, millions of lives would not have been lost to malnutrition, and millions of children would not have gone blind.”
Vitamin A deficiency is practically unknown in the west, where it is found in most foods. For individuals in developing countries, however, vitamin A is a matter of life or death. Lack of it is believed to be responsible for killing more children than HIV, tuberculosis or malaria – around 2,000 deaths a day. On a global scale, about a third of children under five suffer from the condition which can also lead to blindness.
As a solution to this crisis, Peter Beyer, professor of cell biology at Freiburg University in Germany, and Ingo Potrykus of the Institute of Plant Sciences in Switzerland, turned to the new technology of genetic manipulation in the late 20th century. They inserted genes for a chemical known as beta-carotene into the DNA of normal rice. In this way, they modified the rice genes so that the plants started to make beta-carotene, a rich orange-coloured pigment that is also a key precursor chemical used by the body to make vitamin A.
Unfortunately, that daily supply has not materialised – and Regis is clear where the blame lies. For a start, many ecology action groups, in particular Greenpeace, have tried to block approval of Golden Rice because of their general opposition to GM crops. “Greenpeace opposition to Golden Rice was especially persistent, vocal, and extreme, perhaps because Golden Rice was a GM crop that had so much going for it,” he states.
For its part, Greenpeace has insisted over the years that Golden Rice is a hoax and that its development was diverting resources from dealing with general global poverty, which it maintained was the real cause of the planet’s health woes.
And, on the topic of green activists causing so much harm to humanity, check out this study from Japan released today
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This paper provides a large scale, empirical evaluation of unintended effects from invoking the precautionary principle after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. After the accident, all nuclear power stations ceased operation and nuclear power was replaced by fossil fuels, causing an exogenous increase in electricity prices. This increase led to a reduction in energy consumption, which caused an increase in mortality during very cold temperatures. We estimate that the increase in mortality from higher electricity prices outnumbers the mortality from the accident itself, suggesting the decision to cease nuclear production has contributed to more deaths than the accident itself.
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Holding beliefs and practicing certain ways of life that cause harm or stunting of growth (both metaphorical and physical) is a common trait of cults and certain religious sects all over the world. In this sense, you can call green fundamentalism a form of religion
Great article: environmentalism as a religion
This post was edited on 10/28/19 at 10:59 am
Posted on 10/28/19 at 10:58 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
When I was a kid things were simpler. The daddy rice would have sex with them mommy rice and they would have a bunch of kids that we would eat for dinner. Now it's all scientists and microscopes.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 10:58 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
I'm not reading a post that long about rice...rice.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 11:01 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Fear of science on both sides of the aisle is terrible.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 11:06 am to MikeD
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Fear of science on both sides of the aisle is terrible.
Many from this board.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 11:12 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
The solution is simple, submit the rice to safety testing and once it passes, everyone will be happy.
The general non GMO attitude comes primarily from the lack of safety testing on these foods. They are assumed safe without having to show anything. With everyone getting sicker as a whole, nobody knows what is making everyone sick. People will rationally start with things that have not been proven to be safe as potential risks.
The general non GMO attitude comes primarily from the lack of safety testing on these foods. They are assumed safe without having to show anything. With everyone getting sicker as a whole, nobody knows what is making everyone sick. People will rationally start with things that have not been proven to be safe as potential risks.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 11:21 am to notsince98
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The solution is simple, submit the rice to safety testing and once it passes, everyone will be happy.
It takes a pretty long time to prove or disprove the long-term effects of something like this.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 11:33 am to notsince98
quote:What?
With everyone getting sicker as a whole, nobody knows what is making everyone sick.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 11:37 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Sticky rice>>golden rice
Had some killer sashimi and sushi last night, I fricking love spicy mayo.
Had some killer sashimi and sushi last night, I fricking love spicy mayo.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 11:38 am to Crowknowsbest
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It takes a pretty long time to prove or disprove the long-term effects of something like this.
Not an excuse to avoid it.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 11:39 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
The ban is immoral.
Syria is another example. Syria experienced a record drought which closed farms in the late 00s. Jobless Syrians from the countryside then moved to the cities, creating the spark for the civil war.
If they had planted drought resistant wheat, the conditions for the conflict wouldn’t have existed.
Syria is another example. Syria experienced a record drought which closed farms in the late 00s. Jobless Syrians from the countryside then moved to the cities, creating the spark for the civil war.
If they had planted drought resistant wheat, the conditions for the conflict wouldn’t have existed.
This post was edited on 10/28/19 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 10/28/19 at 11:40 am to notsince98
every grain of rice harvested on this planet is genetically modified, thru thousands of years of selective propagation. Today’s rice originated from an inedible grass
Posted on 10/28/19 at 11:41 am to Jake88
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What?
You weren't aware that cancer rates keep increasing, autism rates increasing, alzheimer rates increasing, obesity increasing, autoimmune disease rates are drastically increasing, nutrient deficiencies are increasing, etc.? It is fairly well documented in the medical industry.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 11:41 am to notsince98
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Not an excuse to avoid it.
Not avoid it, but you could reasonably argue that the GMO should be pushed out even without fully knowing the results. The results are unlikely to be worse than millions dying of malnutrition in the meantime.
This post was edited on 10/28/19 at 11:49 am
Posted on 10/28/19 at 11:45 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Everything we eat, unless you kill or catch it yourself, is genetically modified.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 11:47 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Everything we eat, unless you kill or catch it yourself, is genetically modified.
Even some of that stuff is.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 11:50 am to notsince98
That’s because life expectancy and our ability to diagnose diseases are improving. Jesus, why can’t people think before they post dumb shite.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 11:52 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
start a roux board
Posted on 10/28/19 at 11:56 am to Crowknowsbest
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Even some of that stuff is.
Hybrid bass and freshwater stripers come to mind.
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