Advocates of the use of genetic engineering techniques in food contend that the benefits would promote agricultural productivity, hence increase food supplies for the growing population and assist in feeding the world as well as contribute to one’s health. One example of a nutritional health benefits is the creation of Golden Rice.” To make Golden Rice, scientists insert genes into the edible part of the rice plant (Specter 13). Golden Rice is known to be enriched with vitamin A. The terrible thing is that Golden Rice has been banned for purchase. Calculated by “The Economic Power of the Golden Rice Opposition”, within the past decade the absence of Golden Rice has cost the loss of more than a million lives in just India alone (Specter 13).
