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2009-03-17 |

Golden Rice Humanitarian Board admits to human feeding trials

The controversial Golden Rice Project has admitted on its web site that it was involved in a number of projects involving the feeding of unauthorized GM rice to both adults and children in China and the USA. The admission was made following a formal protest from a group of scientists from across the world on the grounds that Golden Rice is inadequately characterized in the literature, unauthorized anywhere in the world, and untested on animals.

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2009-03-17 |

Golden Rice Humanitarian Board admits to human feeding trials

The controversial Golden Rice Project has admitted on its web site that it was involved in a number of projects involving the feeding of unauthorized GM rice to both adults and children in China and the USA. The admission was made following a formal protest from a group of scientists from across the world on the grounds that Golden Rice is inadequately characterized in the literature, unauthorized anywhere in the world, and untested on animals.

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