Andrea Grossman, a public relations officer for Tufts University's human nutrition research center on aging, was quoted by the Beijing Youth Daily as saying that the study on golden rice was approved by authorities in
both countries after an examination by ethics committees.
The NLC said the union made a demand for wage increase in 2009
after a thorough study of the salaries of political office holders» pre-and post-consolidation, as well as a careful
examination of the minimum annual wage levels in African
countries.