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Golden Rice
The Imperiled Birth of a GMO Superfood
Supporters claim that the twenty-year delay in Golden Rice's introduction is an unconscionable crime against humanity. Critics have countered that the rice is a "hoax," that it is "fool's gold" and "propaganda for the genetic engineering industry." Here, science writer Ed Regis argues that Golden Rice is the world's most controversial, maligned, and misunderstood GMO. Regis tells the story of how the development, growth, and distribution of Golden Rice was delayed and repeatedly derailed by a complex but outdated set of operational guidelines and regulations imposed by the governments and sabotaged by anti-GMO activists in the very nations where the rice is most needed.
Writing in a conversational style, Regis separates hyperbole from facts, overturning the myths, distortions, and urban legends about this uniquely promising superfood. Anyone interested in GMOs, social justice, or world hunger will find Golden Rice a compelling, sad, and maddening true-life science tale.
About the Author
Reviews
"Golden Rice is a morality tale that tells us that erring on the side of caution isn't always the right thing to do. It should be compulsory reading for all Greenpeace activists."—Peter Singer, Princeton University, author of Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter
"Thirty million people inject themselves with insulin daily with little concern for its GMO origin. In contrast, a million people each year go blind and then die of vitamin A deficiency, despite the 2002 Golden Rice solution. Should we have spent money to improve that imperfect solution or to thwart it? Ed Regis delivers a riveting tale, well-researched and with implications far beyond this medical food microcosm—to the processes by which revolutions occur in our midst."—George Church, Harvard Medical School
"In just over 200 pages, Regis gives a crash course on genetic engineering and explains the messy history of Golden Rice, disabusing the reader of many popular myths along the way."—The Genetic Literacy Project
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