RE: Synthetic rice
f.vd.laan@inter.nl.net ("f.vd.laan@inter.nl.net")
Wed, 11 Aug 1999 21:31:35 +0100 (CET)
>> 3. Vitamin A derivative is added to rice
>> SNIP //
>> On the horizon, said Potrykus, is genetically modified rice with
>> twice the amount of iron. Iron deficiency anemia, the most common
>> nutritional disorder in the world, affects nearly 2 billion people,
After vitamine A and iron there will be a whole list of additives so people
don't have to eat anything else anymore but rice?
Do we really think we can create food like this or should we look into
diversification of the food we eat.
The US itself has large foodrelated problems themselves, maybe they should
learn a lesson from there own 'created products' on health.
Frits v/d laan
Organic horticulture /biologische boomkwekerij
Gouda
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/F.vd.Laan/
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The Netherlands
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