“I really want to actually see the gun that’s been supposedly aimed at my head for four years.” Jack Campbell, CEO of DVForge, who organized a contest to design a Mac Virus for his company’s computers, then cancelled it after realizing it might actually invite trouble. – – – “If some people decide that they want blind children and white rice, it’s their choice. I’m offering the possibility of yellow rice and no blind children. But the decision what people want to eat is theirs.” Ingo Potrykus, the creator of controversial GM “golden rice”, in 2001. He launched the 2nd…
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When she's not ice-fishing or making her own shoes, Caitlin Dowling leads a quiet life, as a masters candidate at the school of Journalism at UBC. Okay, the first two aren't true, but she does love research, and finding the news and quotes that make us laugh or intrigue us:)
GOLDEN RICE: BACK ON THE BOIL?
The genetically modified golden rice that was going to save the world in 2000, has yet to leave Louisiana, where it is being tested. Despite not having reached the countries it was expected to help, the rice with added vitamin A has been making waves among consumers and scientists alike. Farmers and research centers in the developing world want to see it, environmental groups are up in arms, and the debate rages as to whether this product will in fact help solve the problem of malnutrition in the developing world. Five years on, the creator of the controversial rice, Dr…