GM CROPS

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  • Created by: Mima
  • Created on: 23-11-13 13:46

GM CROPS

Advantages

  • Golden Rice is not meant to be the only solution to the Vitamin A problem.
  • Golden rice will help to deal with the bigger problem of making a healthy balanced diet available to poor people.
  • Human cells convert  beta-carotene into vitamin A very efficiently.
  • Golden rice will help to reduce cases of blindness in developing countries.

Disadvantages

  • There are many regulations that golden rice will not be available to people most at risk from Vitamin A deficiency until 2012 or later.
  • Golden rice has never undergone feeding trials on animals to check that it is safe for people to eat.
  • Trying to deal with the vitamin A problem with a single GM solution is too limiting. Aiming for a balanced diet is a better solution to vitamin A deficiency.

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