Greenpeace continues to make headlines—many of them quite detrimental to the organization.
They've just been blasted in a singed letter by 107 Nobel laureates for opposing the deployment of a GMO rice which would help fix a dreaded condition, vitamin A deficiency (VAD). (1)
The World Health Organization estimates that 250 million people suffer from VAD, including 40 percent of the children under five in the developing world. Based on UNICEF statistics, a total of one to two million preventable deaths occur annually as a result of VAD, because it compromises the immune system, putting babies and children at risk. VAD itself is the leading cause of childhood blindness globally affecting 250,000 to 500,000 children each year. Half die within 12 months of losing their eyesight.
