@gritnot Their arguments against GMO changed over time, but in case of Golden Rice they argued the following:

* GR will "open doors" to more GMOs - a classic slippery slope fallacy
* GR could "contaminate" wild rice - so what?
* "industry is selling GR" - which is outright lie because GR specifically is non-commercial and royalty-free
* GR is "drawing funding and attention away from other projects" - while all other solutions to VAD failed