The myth of Golden Rice debunked

"The public relations' uses of Golden Rice have gone too far. The industry's advertisements and the media in general seem to forget that it is a research product that needs considerable further development before it will be available to farmers and consumers."

According to its developers, 'Golden Rice' will not be available for local planting until 2005 at the earliest. Other scientists point out that proper research and testing would probably take much longer. There are no published studies about human health, socio-economic and environment impacts. It is also uncertain if the traits engineered in the 'Golden Rice' would be 'stable', or if they could be 'silenced' by local environmental conditions.