In his latest statement in Rappler, New York University’s Dean of Science Michael D. Purugganan writes why he supports Golden Rice and GMO technology. He addresses false claims made about Golden Rice and suggests ways to navigate through the bad science and wide-spread myth.
There is a lot of misinformation on Golden Rice – that it is engineered to need chemicals, that it causes cancers and poses clear health risks, that it will require eating large amounts of the rice to be effective, that it will inevitably reduce biodiversity, that it is being sold by big biotech companies – to name a few objections.
These and many other claims about the downside of Golden Rice are false. They are either factually inaccurate or have no credible scientific basis. Those who perpetuate these myths are doing a disservice to our country, especially to the malnourished, poorest Filipinos, and I urge everyone to seek out credible scientific evidence (with the stress on being both credible and scientific) to find the truth for themselves.
Read the full, original story here: “Why I support Golden Rice”
