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Children With Diarrhoea need Rice “Kanji”, Not Cannibal Rice
21 March, 2007
Drs. Mira and Vandana Shiva
California based Ventria Bioscience has been given preliminary approval to grow a rice containing human genes on 3000 acres in Kansas.
The claim is that food products using the human proteins from rice could help save millions of children who die of diarrhoea and the resulting dehyrdration. The company plans to harvest the proteins from the rice and use them in drinks, desserts and muesli bars. Children with diarrohoea are not given muesli bars. Rehydration needs liquids, not solids.
The best rehydration for breast fed babies is mother