The latest nonsense emanating from the Anti camp is this from our friends at GMOFreeUSA:
“GMO proponents claim that they can modify foods to be more nutritious. Just after their flagship GMO Golden Rice, which was supposed to provide enough vitamin A to save poor children in Asia, failed miserably in field trials…”
Bzzz. Sorry, thanks for playing but it didn’t fail. As a matter of fact it was successful. What is holding it up is the anti-GMO NGOS. This study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition begs to differ.
Dr Helen Wallace, of GeneWatch, said: “There is evidence that too much beta-carotene can be cancerous so what happens when people who are not vitamin A deficient eat this crop?
Good question, if you’re not a dumbass doctor who should know better. Does Wallace actually believe the people who developed this GM banana didn’t take that into consideration? Let’s look at the toxicity issue. There is slim to none. For the most part, too much Vitamin A can be harmful, if you eat 3 lbs of carrots a day. The levels in the GM banana are nowhere near that level.
There are more effective solutions to these issues such as targeted supplements and diversification of crops.
More idiocy. Supplements are a well and good but again, according to the World Health Organization, it is only a temporary solution. “…supplementation capsules lasts only 4-6 months, they are only initial steps towards ensuring better overall nutrition and not long-term solutions” and “Food fortification (my emphasis) takes over where supplementation leaves off. “
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Diversification of crops? What if they are in a region that isn’t good for growing crops that can provide suitable level of Vitamin A? That statement shows a complete ignorance of agriculture.
If there are more effective solutions, why aren’t these activist groups using their war chests to make those solutions happen; show how their more effective solutions can work? They won’t because they know they won’t work. If they really cared, they would use their money to help people, rather than denigrate the work of people who are actually trying to solve problems and help people.
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