Greenpeace Golden Rice Fight Linked to 106,000 Death Estimate

Greenpeace Golden Rice Fight Linked to 106,000 Death Estimate

Washington, D.C. – A long-running fight over Golden Rice is drawing renewed attention after a new estimate argued that delays in adopting the genetically modified crop may have contributed to thousands of preventable child deaths and cases of blindness. Reason’s Ronald Bailey cited calculations by Abi Olvera, research director at the Golden Gate Institute for AI, estimating that delayed Golden Rice adoption has contributed to about 106,000 child…

Over 100,000 kids have died due to Greenpeace blocking genetically enhanced rice, new calculation shows

Anti-technology activists have blocked the adoption of Golden Rice, which is modified to combat Vitamin A deficiency, for over two decades.