Unethical experiment

This is a typical case of the ends justifying the means, and of a scientific experiment conducted by unethical means with illegal procedures.

In the experiment, 25 children aged 6 to 8 were fed genetically modified rice, known as golden rice, to test whether the beta carotene contained in the rice would provide the children with enough vitamin A. However, the fact that the rice was genetically modified was withheld from the children's parents when they signed the papers permitting their children to take part in the test.

That a scientist and an official from the Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences used the academy's stamp to renew the ethical review that had expired was an act of serious fraud.