on memories. these people don't have a lot of things they have relationships. that was douglas withing author of funding the enemy how u.s. taxpayers bankroll the taliban. thanks for watching everyone see you monday when i break the set all over again next week. there is so little self reflection on the part of both the american public and american decision makers i wonder why is that we are there continentals country of three hundred and fifteen million people very self-absorbed we are. slated from the world by two large oceans. we're trying to think of foreign policy is something we do to other people rather than that that's something we participate in.

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mainstream media works side by side the joke is actually on your. i don't or teen years we have a different break. because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not laughing dammit i'm not how. you guys talk to the jokes will handle them. this genetically modified plant is at the center of a controversy a controversy about how we deal with one of the most powerful technologies mankind has ever created. a technology that is polarizing society. to protect innocent clude a now retired professor at e.t.h.

who believes his golden rice will save children throughout the entire world. of swayze agricultural chemical corporation and first wanted to commercialize the miracle rice and changed its mind. and a country where tests are being carried out that would be prohibited in other places. and. researchers who manipulate crops are demanding more freedom the freedom to conduct their research free of political constraints they feel the moratorium that has been imposed on genetic technology for years unfairly hinders them in their efforts but public distrust of genetic manipulation has been immense for many years.

artificially modifying the genetic structure of plants and animals scares people also because researchers are hesitant to reveal their secrets and explain exactly what it is they are doing and. they say. in this tense and polarized atmosphere professor engel put try kosovo eighty eight zero and engineering science technology mathematics and management university has created in a greenhouse a strain of should. engineered rice that contains pro vitamin a the rice is intended to benefit undernourished people not feed the profit of the agricultural industry. i hope that mothers in families where vitamin a deficiency is a problem have understood that eating this rice will be good for them because if we expect to finally start delivering this golden rice to farmers in the philippines

by the end of this year and it is. indeed symbolic and this is the poster boy. for the genetically incident in the city and this is something. if that. is the golden rice a blessing or a curse we went to the philippines in search of the answer. the country is home to ninety million rice eaters here rice is not just a basic food state it's part of the culture. this is where people are being asked to abandon their custom ways and switch to the new golden yellow type of rice. we traveled to the philippines to find out how this idea is being implemented we were told the authorities would decide within the year whether to approve the rice. at the international rice research institute preparations are well underway the

erie wants to bring the new strain of rice to market. our quest began in the capital city of manila a metropolis with a population of twelve million. do the people of the philippines want this kind of product have all the respect identified or are people afraid of unforeseen side effects that might occur when store shelves are filled with a genetically modified version of their most important basic food stuffs. were stuck in our hotel for weeks we've been in touch with the authorities but now that we're here they don't want to see us why not are they afraid we'll ask unpleasant questions. the erie also stops communicating with us while we're still in switzerland we had arranged to film the next harvest of the golden rice but one month before the appointed time our request was rejected they

hear e won't tell us why where perplexed. the inventor of this miracle rice ingle put trying to use as lived and worked in switzerland for many years he is dedicated to the idea of harnessing unpopular genetic technology and using it to help people so that there is ever since i first started working i've tried to ensure that my words benefits the world's poorest people lose and. he's become is not a scientist i'm an engineer engineer it is my desire to solve practical problems i use science as a way to solve real world problem is. they are at the heart of his efforts malnourished or undernourished children and pregnant women. acute vitamin a deficiency usually results in blindness or even death the world health organization estimates that two hundred million children around the world

suffer from a lack of vitamin a. since the one nine hundred eighty s. ingle put try case has concentrated his efforts exclusively on rice the staple food of the poor for thirteen years his research produced no visible success. then he teamed up with peter bya a cellular biologist from fribourg together they finally achieved the unthinkable in favor of one evening in february of one thousand nine hundred nine peter buyer called me in my laboratory and it was long after dark i was still there and he called me and said turn on your computer and i'm going to send a picture you will like it and of course we were thrilled after all this time to see it not only white through it also a few yellow grains of rice because that told us we had finally really done it all tongue because in comes to us it is your soft. the world's media

praised trike is and his colleague for their breakthrough. they were also on heard by the scientific community. they were even given an audience with the pope. but the golden rice engineers were still a long way from achieving their real goals. we set out to find people in the philippines who are suffering from vitamin a deficiency. s. a village on the outskirts of the citie of manilla. tens of thousands of people live off what they can find in the trash. if they find anything that can be reused they try to resell it for a few pesos but that's hardly enough to buy healthy food.

we accompany the community dr m i read dyson on her rounds through the village life is tough here she said many had just one or at the most two meals per day for a new phone. dr dyson examines the children for all kinds of problems at regular intervals respiratory diseases and infections are rampant she said you know as well as digestion problems i think the most i'm up with that you know i took. the lead on very little advice and what about vitamin a deficiency. to think it would make i've been very here in play at this part about three years now and so far i have not seen any vitamin a deficiency in this yes. this is probably because of that are they. giving off white i mean is supplements in children

a mopey schoolchildren and it's a regular pulls out mother eggs from the hill. the government distributes vitamin e. and health centers like this one children between the ages of six months and five years receive two doses per year free of charge. the program is very successful. according to national statistics forty percent of the population was not getting enough vitamin a as recently as ten years ago. so. i've years ago that figured had decreased to fifteen percent. it is not clear how many still suffer from vitamin a deficiency today. the pro vitamin a rice would be less expensive for the government the inventors of the project are sure of it but first the golden rice must make the transition from the laboratory to the rice paddies the researchers set out on a quest for money and power and found both in the world's largest agricultural

chemistry corporation. in basel. singh and is seen going to responded to an offer we made. as we proposed giving the company the commercial rights to our product. lines and if in the. the company would support our humanitarian project to it is to engage in the who it is for. but a sensitive issue remains where is the borderline between commercial and humanitarian use. our goal was to allow all poor farmers to take part free of charge and of course it was in single interest to define used for as narrowly as possible because they wanted to potentially make money. in addition his own we agreed upon a definition and if the rice farmer was making less than ten thousand dollars a year with

a golden rice that was still considered humanitarian assistance to. improve the genetic technology the number of foreign genes in golden rice was reduced from nine to two a corn gene and a gene from a bacterial. has founded the golden rice humanitarian board which was to guide golden rice to world wide success. adrian to block a former employee he was named executive secretary he explained where the financial backing for golden rice came from today the golden eyes project is being financed in the philippines and bangladesh by the gates foundation for the last. couple of years. it's being financed by a little bit a little residue of rockefeller foundation money. and

a little bit of usa id money in asia and warren buffett who also has contributed to those funds and bill gates dad who is also part of it. i think they are often ending this project as part of a portfolio of potential health interventions. to try genuinely to improve the lot of the impoverished of society and improve their life expectancy and improve the quality of life illustrious names powerful from anthropos as financial sponsors adrian do block implied that the money from the super rich donors was not just a blessing but also brought risk still without it we would be nowhere so we're extremely pleased to have it. whenever you accept funds from an organization the organization wants to involve itself in the management that's understandable and company refuses to handing out the checks. the gates foundation wanted to distribute the miracle rice to the philippines first we wanted to go

there just in time for the harvest of the vital but you net a clean unmodified basic foodstuff something no other camera team had ever been allowed to film although our invitation was subsequently rescinded we decided to give it a try anyway. wealthy british. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cause a report on our. right to see. first for. an i think picture.

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rational debate and a real discussion critical issues facing america to find ready to join the movement then walk a little bit. if we met the local representatives of greenpeace they have been monitoring the activities regarding golden rice with a skeptical eye and are familiar with the exact locations of the golden rice fields . a group of observers operating in secret has already checked out the area your employees are between the two are going to get. hold of you still your use near. your roots we're looking for. this for good or for bait spends your friends for. the sun in the street good

girl oh pussy. will greenpeace be able to get us there why do you bring us there so that the mob to go know somebody would know that means that the debates about the safety and he said don't go then they should be made much more on. the experimental rice field is on the premises so phil reiss. national rice research institute there do you feel rice and erie here have collaborated closely on golden rice and maybe. we are turned away at the main gate. and write your names and the official reason for your visit here or both. it won't be easy to get in an employee refers us tour bus. we ask him whether we can film the golden rice harvest is known what it can be made

at a very nice area. peaceful my is certain normal be you know filming please no cameras no information sounds like a well kept secret we're only allowed to see the golden rice on an advertising poster but wasn't this rice supposed to go to market within the current year again were perplexed. and we try to catch a glimpse of the test field from the back you know. the business is still quite a feel that it's. ok though now you can see giants i'd like. to hear this from you which it whichever that. it says close as we can get. the experimental field is fenced

in but that's all we can tell you from our vantage point. why is the public being kept in the dark about what's happening there this is used by the industry as a poster boy for a doc sept all genetically engineered crops and our food system and and just accept it as if this without quest song you know without school within the without. the public knowing about it like public it's not easy to get even see the tryouts to get even a start then so. we will be the one taking that risk when golden rice comes out so we have to know what that is sorry really the risks are and whether we have the capacity or not to be absorbed and that will be the basis for a decision whether to approve it or. opposition to the golden rice is increasing in the philippines also in parliament. in the bakken minoa we met up with raphael marianna a member of the philippine house of representatives and he is critical of genetic

modification he made a combative impression. now. mord. fibro binge province s. . when is if i let these and but i'm guys that passed their respective ordinance s. binding the entry commercial fish field testing and commercialization of pride deigning genetically modified organisms including god and ice in that respect gave . us our jurisdiction and it's the number is still increasing we don't want. blood golden age and consequently be controlled by a few transnational corporations. and i've no. but they want to keep it for free we. believe that. for

every three. the primary motive is profit. minded. not for social justice and equity but. we in equalities the project has a lot of opposition no doubt about it. you can't understand. not really know because. this rice is just like only rice except the can be carroty and any. you know what why would you not want to give beat accounting to somebody who needed it to stay alive or continue to be able to see. for an ideology because you don't like globalization because you don't like capitalism which seem to be the underlying trends because you know you have a romantic attachment to smallholder farming go and be a small the fama in

a developing country try being poor for a year and see then what you think. we went to a typical marketplace to find what the local residents think of the miracle rice. as is often the case with a new product there is a lot of skepticism still we were interested to see people's spontaneous reactions when they suddenly encountered yellow rice in place of the usual white or red grains we brought along a small can of golden rice to show to vendors and consumers what do you think about this rice cooker. i know i don't. know. what you assembly i don't think so.

but now that i think of. it where i played it and i know these what you would day get five days in a. night. that people. get really. hot and. the catholic church is very important to the people of the philippines ninety percent of whom are key. affleck's. the church is a very powerful force in the country the. load. in an interview we learned of the catholic church has come out against genetically manipulated products like golden rice. about to get

a saying through these compare that to think that by. the soul of the problem of poverty is. completely it all in us. so we in the take in the very strong position against g.m.o. and even in. the nice weather. that we think that. the genetic anymore the fate products are. due to have we should not sacrifice the health of the people and even though they'd vironment for the sake of short term propping up the corporations the miracle race from switzerland is up against a great deal of opposition and mistrust. you get the feeling you want to help these people but they don't want your help. you know exactly rights does not

surprise you. as a citizen of switzerland you must have had plenty of opportunity to recognize how unpopular trends genetic plants are this golden rice is considered a dangerous plant by professional opponents of genetic engineering because it simultaneously shows that the technology is not only being used to benefit months until but to help the poor for the public good and to improve public health is that no one is making any profit from it. this name in my entire life i've never received a penny for our work the entire humanitarian board has invested its own time but never received any money for it so that means the entire arguments the g.m.o. opponents like to use really are not valid anymore to guns an argument not swythe a fight against our golden rice with all the means and resources they can muster

the glow in the eyes. takes. china. a small city in hunan province the date is october two thousand and twelve. our research into golden rice has brought us to the school where u.s. researchers have been testing the product on six to eight year old children according to greenpeace and scientists critical of genetic technology the testing was carried out without telling the parents that their children were being fed genetic modified rice we have come here to find out what really happened we succeed in meeting with some of the children and their families and asked them about the experiment draws us i'm a o.p.m. hog there were tables with numbers on them are we had to sit down and eat. there were numbers. yes i remember i was number fifty four.

does look how much how little they watched us to see how much we ate has a and when something was left over they wrote it down hill since that is that. the rice thought it was disgusting i couldn't eat them as you should aha if you didn't finish at all you didn't get any notebooks or colored pencils if you didn't eat right they didn't let you go out how to. were you afraid. yes very much. who took the blood samples. the man who brought us the food along with the few doctors. the u.s. researchers gave the school free meals. but they didn't tell the parents that their children were eating genetically modified rice.

on june sixteenth one thousand forty one we had a graduation party at school and the war broke out. the shops were always full of goods. but in september leningrad was blocked. one day mom went and saw that all the shelves were empty. in november the. warehouses it was the main storage place for all the food in the city people are eating the earth because it had small traces of sugar in it i tried to eat it as well but i couldn't. look at the list incredibly heavy bombing. it was

a direct treetop that very sheltered and everyone was buried underneath. all of them with dead.

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