According to the molecular biology journal EMBO Reports, vitamin A deficiency causes 500,000 cases of blindness and 6,000 child deaths annually, yet distribution of GMO rice enriched with beta-carotene, a precursor to vitamin A, have been blocked by what the journal calls "overly cautious regulations".
Mr. McCain, reflecting the Republican Party's philosophical aversion to regulating business, would be more cautious about new regulation.
tax credits, and he's cautious of Internet regulation.
Regional industry bodies' response statements to the plan include the usual mix of welcoming platitudes combined with calls for "a cautious approach to regulation" to "allow AI to have the space to grow", as tech advocacy association, the CCIA, puts it.
Comcast, which is poised to take control of NBC Universal, for instance, has pushed for a cautious approach to regulations that might restrict its management of broadband systems, arguing that the Internet has been reasonably open so far and that excessive regulation might strangle growth.
Most of Asia emerged from that crisis with more cautious banks, stricter financial regulation, a tighter rein on government spending and a strong determination to save.
With its cautious approach to greater regulation by central banks or other authorities, the forum's report mirrors a similar set of recommendations issued last week by a group within the Bush administration and led by Mr. Paulson.
Mr Barroso has made some cautious remarks about easing regulation but I fear it is unlikely to occur.
But gasoline auto makers have poured billions into refining the catalytic converters used in consumer vehicles; utility plants, swaddled in regulations, are cautious adopters of new technology.
Like those states, however, the Utah state government has typically been cautious about imposing economic regulations.
