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Golden rice relies upon the bodies ability to convert beta carotene to Vitamin A. But the exact metabolic pathway is poorly misunderstood and negative health effects can result from an overexposure to beta carotene.

GE 'Golden' rice has long been touted by the GE crop industry in an attempt to gain acceptance of GE crops worldwide. However, using GE crops to try to solve problems of malnutrition is simply the wrong approach, and a risky distraction away from increased biodiversity of indigenous, vitamin rich crops.

In addition, GE 'Golden' rice does not address the primary causes of VAD, which are poverty and lack of access to a healthy and varied diet. GE rice is a technological fix that may generate new problems.

You are aware that 110 Nobel prize winners, headed by Sir Richard Roberts disagree with you. Just about every major food safety organization in the world disagrees with you. The American National Academy of Sciences disagrees with you, as does their European counterpart. The World Health Organization disagrees with you. If you had the choice between eating donated food that some person who joined a cool movement thought was poison and the world experts said was safe, or you could die of starvation, what would you choose? Why is it your place to make that life and death decision for others? Does being an American give you the right to decide who can and cannot live? Is it a "White Privilege," thing. It seems to me that all of the March on Monsanto folks look pretty Whitish and the kids who are dying are of color. I guess they are not as smart as you, huh? And, what if all of the vetted world experts are wrong? Why haven't the high minded folks in the anti-GMO movement raised money to solve the poverty related problems that you say are the core issues? The people at the International Rice Research Institute have raised the money to be able to afford to donate the rice seed needed. So, they have solved the problem. In fact, Greenpeace is worried that Golden Rice will be a success and they will have to accept that their unscientific quest that has resulted in a human disaster of genocidal proportions is just plain wrong. For the record, salt and vinegar are more toxic than glyphosate. And, congratulations you are the trolliest of trolls. Finally, you are wrong and the blood of these children is on your hands. Have a nice day.

WHEREAS:
Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide and its key active ingredient, glyphosate, have been linked to various health problems, including chronic kidney disease, http://truth-out.org/news/item/24876-monsantos-herbicide-linked-to-fatal-kidney-disease-epidemic-will-ckdu-topple-monsanto autism, http://www.autismone.org/content/autism-explained-synergistic-poisoning-aluminum-and-glyphosate-stephanie-seneff birth defects, http://earthopensource.org/index.php/reports/roundup-and-birth-defects-is-the-public-being-kept-in-the-dark mammary tumors and pre-mature death, http://www.enveurope.com/content/26/1/14 breast cancer, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23756170 blood cancer, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24762670 ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241196/ Parkinson’s, and http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892036212000438 celiac disease and gluten intolerance. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24678255
Roundup has never been tested or assessed for long-term safety for regulatory purposes. However, independent studies show it is highly toxic to animals and humans. Glyphosate alone is toxic, and some of the added ingredients (adjuvants) in Roundup are, on their own, toxic. In addition, some of these adjuvants increase the toxicity of glyphosate by enabling it to penetrate plant and animal cells more easily. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1257596/
Roundup is toxic to beneficial gut bacteria but non-toxic to pathogenic bacteria. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23224412
Roundup depletes the body of macro and micronutrients. http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/48190923/glyphosate-reduces-shoot-concentrations-mineral-nutrients-glyphosate-resistant-soybeans
Roundup interferes with CYP enzymes, disrupts the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids by gut bacteria, and impairs serum sulfate transport. http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/4/1416 The consequences include gastrointestinal disorders, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression, autism, infertility, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
People exposed to the spraying of Roundup suffer http://www.reduas.fcm.unc.edu.ar/report-from-the-first-national-meeting-of-physicians-in-the-crop-sprayed-towns/ increased incidence of infertility, birth defects, miscarriages, cancers, genetic damage (which can lead to cancer and birth defects), toxic liver disease, neurological developmental problems, kidney failure, respiratory pr

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