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		riffraff on Oct 28, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Block on GM rice ‘has cost millions of lives and l... IIRC its effectiveness was connected to the availability of fat in the rest of the diet, without which vitamin A was not metabolized effectively.

Asooka on Oct 28, 2019 [–]

Then wouldn't the most effective help for these people be a shipment of butter and multivitamins?

mcv on Oct 28, 2019 | [–]

A single shipment is not very effective at anything. They need structural access to better food.

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