Earth
Golden Rice creator wants to live to see it save lives
Ingo Potrykus developed Golden Rice genetically engineered to combat blindness and death in children by supplying 60 per cent of the vitamin A they need in a typical daily helping of rice. His project has been opposed from the outset by environmental groups, a stance described this week as wicked by UK environment minister, Owen Paterson. Andy Coghlan asks the inventor of the rice what he makes of it all.
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