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title: "Via @[1073623678:2048:Steve Bice]. "Around 250,000–500,000 children…"
date: 2019-03-09
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships shared a post.
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# Via @[1073623678:2048:Steve Bice]. "Around 250,000–500,000 children…

*March 9, 2019 · Facebook*

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Via @\[1073623678:2048:Steve Bice\].\
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\"Around 250,000--500,000 children in developing countries become blind each year owing to Vitamin A Deficiency, with the highest prevalence in Southeast Asia and Africa. Golden rice is a genetic engineering project designed to fortify rice with beta-carotene (which humans can convert into vitamin A) and thereby prevent and/or treat Vitamin A Deficiency.\"\
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_A_deficiency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_A_deficiency){target="_blank"}
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