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In reply to the discussion: By opposing Golden Rice, Greenpeace defies its own values – and harms children [View all]roseBudd
(8,718 posts)6. I can assure you I have
And that my knowledge of such, is not subject to confirmation bias.
http://www.ajstein.de/cv/golden_rice.htm
Golden Rice as a humanitarian project
Golden Rice was originally developed by a team of researchers led by Ingo Potrykus of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and by Peter Beyer of the University of Freiburg in Germany. Later on the project was also supported by a group of seed companies, coordinated by Syngenta, who donated royalty-free intellectual property (materials and patented processes and technologies) for the development and humanitarian use of Golden Rice. For this reason and contrary to often repeated claims by activists smallholder farmers in developing countries will be able to get Golden Rice without additional charges and they are free to save the seeds for replanting. The work on Golden Rice is being continued and coordinated by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Target countries for the introduction of Golden Rice are the Philippines and Bangladesh, but also India, Indonesia and Vietnam.
Golden Rice was originally developed by a team of researchers led by Ingo Potrykus of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and by Peter Beyer of the University of Freiburg in Germany. Later on the project was also supported by a group of seed companies, coordinated by Syngenta, who donated royalty-free intellectual property (materials and patented processes and technologies) for the development and humanitarian use of Golden Rice. For this reason and contrary to often repeated claims by activists smallholder farmers in developing countries will be able to get Golden Rice without additional charges and they are free to save the seeds for replanting. The work on Golden Rice is being continued and coordinated by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Target countries for the introduction of Golden Rice are the Philippines and Bangladesh, but also India, Indonesia and Vietnam.
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By opposing Golden Rice, Greenpeace defies its own values – and harms children [View all]
roseBudd
Nov 2013
OP
Doing some googling indicates the question is nowhere near as clear as stated above.
HERVEPA
Nov 2013
#8
Greenpeace Hysteria Campaign Scares Chinese into Retreat on Nutrition-Enhancing GMO 'Golden Rice'
roseBudd
Nov 2013
#10
Why calling someone a shill betrays the weakness of your position, and your inability to defend it
roseBudd
Nov 2013
#13
To me, the anti-GM folks are pretty much the same as the anti-vaccine folks.
Pterodactyl
Nov 2013
#15