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What’s the Result of our Monsanto Legacy?
Between 75% to 80% of the processed food [47] you consume every day has GMOs inside, and residues of Monsanto’s RoundUp herbicide outside. But it’s not just processed food—fresh fruit and vegetables are next: genetically engineered sweet corn [48] is already being sold at your local grocer, with apples and a host of other “natural” produce currently in field trials.How is it that Monsanto is allowed to manipulate our food after such a dark product history? How is it they are allowed to cause such detrimental impact to our environment and our health?
According to the Organic Consumers Association[49], “There is a direct correlation between our genetically engineered food supply and the $2 trillion the U.S. spends annually on medical care, namely an epidemic of diet-related chronic diseases.
Instead of healthy fruits, vegetables, grains, and grass-fed animal products, U.S. factory farms and food processors produce a glut of genetically engineered junk foods that generate heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer—backed by farm subsidies[50]—while organic farmers receive no such subsidies.
Monsanto’s history reflects a consistent pattern of toxic chemicals, lawsuits, and manipulated science. Is this the kind of company we want controlling our world’s food supply?
P.S. Monsanto’s not alone. Other companies in the “Big Six” include Pioneer Hi-Bred International[51] (a subsidiary of DuPont), Syngenta AG[52], Dow Agrosciences[53] (a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, BASF[54] (which is primarily a chemical company that is rapidly expanding their biotechnology division, and Bayer Cropscience[55] (a subsidiary of Bayer).
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[4] http://www.fas.org/ota/reports/7702.pdf
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[6] http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/artificial-sweeteners
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[8] http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/roc/twelfth/appendices/AppendixB.pdf
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[10] http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/33934/0000201.pdf;jsessionid=548799C31BFC89F058CEE9744E9790C4?sequence=1
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[12] http://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/tsd/pcbs/pubs/effects.htm
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[14] http://worldwide.typepad.com/schoolhouse/2003/08/monsanto_optimi.html
[15] http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2011/01/8371/ucsf-study-identifies-chemicals-pregnant-women
[16] http://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/wastetypes/pdfs/listing-ref.pdf
[17] http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ac50124a019
[18] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project
[19] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton_Project
[20] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Disaster
[21] http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs225/en/
[22] http://www.hoianfoundation.org/images/NEWSLETTER%2011_06.pdf
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[25] http://www.demotix.com/news/1299101/agent-orange-children-tudu-hospital-ho-chi-minh-city#media-1297827
[26] http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_26067.cfm
[27] http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/24d-captan/24d-ext.html
[28] http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/green-guide/buying-guides/fertilizer/environmental-impact/
[29] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22101424
[30] http://www.non-gmoreport.com/articles/jan10/scientists_find_negative_impacts_of_GM_crops.php
[31] http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/31/us-glyphosate-pollution-idUSTRE77U61720110831
[32] http://www.pages.drexel.edu/%7Els39/peer_review/losey1.htm
[33] http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/05/superweeds-a-long-predicted-problem-for-gm-crops-has-arrived/257187/
[34] http://gmo-awareness.com/all-about-gmos/gmo-risks/
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[39] http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/teach/agbio2009/Readings%202009/Parodi%20Dairy%20Cancer%20rGBH%20J%20Am%20Coll%20Nutrition%202005.pdf
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[42] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-03/monsanto-raises-forecast-as-profit-tops-estimates-on-corn-seed.html
[43] http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/10/us-agriculture-weeds-idUSBRE8491JZ20120510
[44] http://gmo-awareness.com/all-about-gmos/gmo-fda/
[45] http://www.organicconsumers.org/monsanto/
[46] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_use_restriction_technology
[47] http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/studies-show-gmos-in-majority-of-us-processed-foods-58-percent-of-americans-unaware-of-issue-104510549.html
[48] http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-08-04/news/ct-met-gmo-sweet-corn-20120804_1_sweet-corn-food-allergies-patty-lovera
[49] http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ygreen/sc_ygreen/storytext/eightwaysmonsantoisdestroyingourhealth/40903884/SIG=11hilmku0/*http://www.organicconsumers.org/bytes/ob258.htm
[50] http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_23470.cfm
[2] http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/media/magazine/articles/28-1-the-pursuit-of-sweet.aspx?page=1
[3] http://www.docstoc.com/docs/79474992/Re-Long-Term-Feeding-of-Sodium-Saccharin-to-Nonhuman-Primates
[4] http://www.fas.org/ota/reports/7702.pdf
[5] http://www.caloriecontrol.org/
[6] http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/artificial-sweeteners
[7] http://www.cspinet.org/new/saccharin_delisted.html
[8] http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/roc/twelfth/appendices/AppendixB.pdf
[9] http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/media/magazine/articles/28-1-the-pursuit-of-sweet.aspx
[10] http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/33934/0000201.pdf;jsessionid=548799C31BFC89F058CEE9744E9790C4?sequence=1
[11] http://www.greenfacts.org/en/pcbs/l-2/5-effects-animal.htm
[12] http://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/tsd/pcbs/pubs/effects.htm
[13] http://www.foxriverwatch.com/monsanto2a_pcb_pcbs.html
[14] http://worldwide.typepad.com/schoolhouse/2003/08/monsanto_optimi.html
[15] http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2011/01/8371/ucsf-study-identifies-chemicals-pregnant-women
[16] http://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/wastetypes/pdfs/listing-ref.pdf
[17] http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ac50124a019
[18] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project
[19] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton_Project
[20] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Disaster
[21] http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs225/en/
[22] http://www.hoianfoundation.org/images/NEWSLETTER%2011_06.pdf
[23] http://www.thejournal.ie/agent-orange-clean-up-launched-in-vietnam-decades-after-war-ends-551652-Aug2012/
[24] http://aaronjoelsantos.photoshelter.com/gallery/Agent-Orange-in-Vietnam/G0000t29aKsEmLSM
[25] http://www.demotix.com/news/1299101/agent-orange-children-tudu-hospital-ho-chi-minh-city#media-1297827
[26] http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_26067.cfm
[27] http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/24d-captan/24d-ext.html
[28] http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/green-guide/buying-guides/fertilizer/environmental-impact/
[29] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22101424
[30] http://www.non-gmoreport.com/articles/jan10/scientists_find_negative_impacts_of_GM_crops.php
[31] http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/31/us-glyphosate-pollution-idUSTRE77U61720110831
[32] http://www.pages.drexel.edu/%7Els39/peer_review/losey1.htm
[33] http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/05/superweeds-a-long-predicted-problem-for-gm-crops-has-arrived/257187/
[34] http://gmo-awareness.com/all-about-gmos/gmo-risks/
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[36] http://www.psr.org/chapters/oregon/assets/pdfs/rbghs-harmful-effects-on.pdf
[37] http://www.motherearthnews.com/happy-homesteader/GMOs-rBGH-milk-zboz10zkon.aspx#axzz2PjlPXLfa
[38] http://grist.org/article/food-2010-10-06-court-rules-on-rbgh-free-milk/
[39] http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/teach/agbio2009/Readings%202009/Parodi%20Dairy%20Cancer%20rGBH%20J%20Am%20Coll%20Nutrition%202005.pdf
[40] http://www.preventcancer.com/consumers/general/milk.htm
[41] http://www.yourhealthbase.com/milk_cancer.htm
[42] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-03/monsanto-raises-forecast-as-profit-tops-estimates-on-corn-seed.html
[43] http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/10/us-agriculture-weeds-idUSBRE8491JZ20120510
[44] http://gmo-awareness.com/all-about-gmos/gmo-fda/
[45] http://www.organicconsumers.org/monsanto/
[46] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_use_restriction_technology
[47] http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/studies-show-gmos-in-majority-of-us-processed-foods-58-percent-of-americans-unaware-of-issue-104510549.html
[48] http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-08-04/news/ct-met-gmo-sweet-corn-20120804_1_sweet-corn-food-allergies-patty-lovera
[49] http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ygreen/sc_ygreen/storytext/eightwaysmonsantoisdestroyingourhealth/40903884/SIG=11hilmku0/*http://www.organicconsumers.org/bytes/ob258.htm
[50] http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_23470.cfm
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