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A Controversial GMO Crop Was Just Approved for the US Food Supply

  • June 03, 2018

In a sad refrain that sounds like a mantra in search of a speaker, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved a rice crop that is genetically modified (GMO, aka genetically engineered or GE) to contain vitamin A. Dubbed “Golden Rice” when it first came out 20 years ago, the original idea for this product was to save developing countries’ children from vitamin A deprivation, thus protecting them from going blind. But golden rice didn’t catch on...