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This 3 page paper evaluates two articles about genetically engineered (GE) rice, the so-called "Golden Rice"; and suggests that these two sources alone are not enough to decide the debate. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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regard to the genetic engineering of rice, commonly called "Golden Rice." Discussion Ingo Potrykus writes a highly scientific paper which is far-ranging and rather strangely structured. He
begins by saying that it is difficult for people who have the "facts" to make them known, because the opposition bases its arguments on emotion, which will always affect people
more strongly than logic. He says that Greenpeace is making an emotional appeal in the hope of furthering a political agenda, and that scientists "need more examples of the
golden rice type; namely, successful projects that were developed in public institutions using public funding that address an urgent need..." (Potrykus, 2001, p. 1157). Having thus set
up Greenpeace as a straw man and subsequently knocked them down, he describes the actual process of engineering the rice. The section is highly technical and difficult for a
lay reader to follow, but he does say that at this point, they need to test the "bioavailability" of the rice, but cannot do so with the "few grams" of
rice they produce in their greenhouse; they need to be able to work in a field but havent been able to find one (Potrykus, 2001). He goes on to describe
the problems they (I assume "they" is a team of scientists) encountered patenting the rice, and in making the technology freely available without charge; Potrykus says that because the rice
can potentially save eyesight, they wanted everyone to have it; as well as the technology to produce it (2001). However, the "technology transfer" has proven difficult and they have
established a board to help decide who will get the technology first (Potrykus, 2001). The final section of this article comes full circle, back to the idea that Greenpeace
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