Rice has been modified to include DNA for producing vitamin A. This altered rice is called "golden rice," and it sharply reduces blindness in infants and small children. No nation has authorized the planting of golden rice until this month, December of 2019, when the Philippines decided to allow it. See:
Philippines is first! Long-delayed Vitamin A-enhanced Golden Rice greenlighted, bucking activist opposition | Genetic Literacy Project
Philippines is first! Long-delayed Vitamin A-enhanced Golden Rice greenlighted, bucking activist opposition | Genetic Literacy Project
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