It seems difficult that corporations would want to profit off of a product that only poor malnourished individuals with little wealth will need. I don't think cross contamination with golden rice is an issue, but if you have evidence that this is the case, please share it.
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You may think of Greenpeace what you want, but they have done their research and have some good points. In this report they address 2 cases of cross contamination of rice. Then they adress that the parents of the children on which feeding trials with golden rice were tested, weren’t informed that the rice was geneticaly engineered. There may be people alergic to golden rice, so at least give me that everyone has the right to know what he consumes.
Source: greenpeace.org [pdf]
Cinese state-owned ChemChinas aquired Syngenta, the company that developed golden rice, for $43 billion, regulators and 80% of the shareholders clearing the deal.
Source: syngenta.com
Syngenta licensed for this product a package of proprietary technologies belonging not only to Syngenta but also to Bayer AG, Monsanto Co, Orynova BV, and Zeneca Mogen BV.
Source: goldenrice.org
I would really love to share your enthusiasm, but i’d rather see those patents in the public domain than in the hands of companies. Because the only guarantee you get is the obligation to their shareholders to grow their revenue by preventing people from growing their own patent free crops, and making them dependent on seeds that terminate themself. It’s a real thread to biodiversity.
Sooner than later we will live in a world where every food is patented. Do you really want such a life? There are so many animal species distinct since my childhood, the same will happen to crops.
If this companies really don’t want to profit of this product, then they should put those patents into public domain for goodwill.