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biochicka biochicka
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8 years ago
A promoter of a new genetically modified variety of rice stated the following in a letter to the editor:

A genetically modified (GM) rice known as “golden rice” has been produced. The rice is somewhat yellow in colour due to the same pigment that gives carrots and sweet potatoes their colour. This pigment is beta-carotene, which can be converted by the body to vitamin A. Vitamin A deficiency is the cause of 500 000 cases of irreversible blindness each year. By growing the new GM rice and making it widely available to people in poor countries, these cases of blindness could be avoided.

Think of several different groups or individuals with an interest in the issue raised in this letter. Make a table to identify alternatives/perspectives. The table should list at least three stakeholders and their perspectives or viewpoints.
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8 years ago
"Stakeholders" are the people or groups that have an interest (financial or otherwise) in this issue.

Some potential groups who might be interested:

> The World Health Organization
> Governments of impoverished nations whose populations live largely on rice
> Protest groups which oppose GM foods
> Doctors Without Borders or any other international medical charity
> Non-profit groups interested in ending blindness
> The corporation which holds the patent on the GM rice
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