Do for-profit companies really care about the worlds hungry?
One of the main arguments AquaBounty makes in advocating for approval of its genetically altered salmon is that the fish, which has growth hormones spliced into its genetic code that force it to grow twice as fast as normal salmon, will help feed the world’s hungry. Sounds like a laudable goal, but is it plausible? In her recently updated and reissued book “Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety” (University of California Press), New York University nutrition scientist Marion Nestle writes, “because developing countries lack a viable market for such products, few agricultural biotechnology companies can afford to invest in solutions to the food problems of the developing world.” Translation: For-profit companies are out to make a buck, and poor people (and their governments) don’t have the cash to pay for high-tech food. Nestle goes on to talk about the much-hyped Golden Rice, a genetically engineered strain that its producer promises to cure Vitamin A deficiencies in the developing wo
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