The column indicated that there are about three billion people who depend on rice as their staple food, with 10% being at risk for vitamin A deficiency, which according to the World Health Organization causes 250,000 to as many as 500,000 children to go blind each year.
Despite these statistics, anti-GMO activists, including some of your organization's members, were able to delay the approval of GM golden rice, which includes elevated levels of vitamin A, from being grown in the Philippines.
Are you aware of that situation?