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Still time to find out where the United States of America is headed.
Read on to find out more.
http://theancientonespeaks.blogspot.com/2008/01/20-talker-on-religion-politics.html
NORTH AMERICAN UNION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T74VA3xU0EA
NORTH AMERICAN UNION & VCHIP TRUTH http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuBo4E77ZXo&feature=related
The New World We Live In
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5ZxBIYsB5g&feature=related
The August Review
http://www.augustreview.com/issues/general/toward_a_north_american_union_200608181/?gclid=CLbopuLKipECFQIMIgodLhb1Ww
http://www.augustreview.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Stop the orth American Union
http://www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com/
The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003713518_rumor19.html
North American Union Treason on the Installment Plan
http://www.channelingreality.com/NAU/NAU_Main.htm
North American Union driver's license created
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57502
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Monday, January 07, 2008
# 123 Ask the Presidential Candidates This Question:
If elected as President of the United States of America will you repeal the
"Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007."
Well now, My post here and you reading it can classify us both as terrorists and a danger to the nation. That is what this new threat is all about. Any common sense thinking now puts one at risk and subject to jail and fines, along with ruined reputations even if not guilty of anything. How would the next elected president handle this situation! Anyway if I disappear you'll know what happened.
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Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act by the U.S. Congress,
House Passes Thought Crime Prevention Bill
10-25-2007
www.roguegovernment.com
Lee Rogers
http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=4682
Clerical Amendment- The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting at the end of the items relating to title VIII the following:
It states in the first subsection that in general the efforts to defeat thought crime shall not violate the constitutional rights, civil rights and civil liberties of the United States citizens and lawful permanent residents. How does this protect constitutional rights if they use vague language such as in general that prefaces the statement? This means that the Department of Homeland Security does not have to abide by the Constitution in their attempts to prevent so called homegrown terrorism.
This bill is completely insane. It literally allows the government to define any and all crimes including thought crime as violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism. Obviously, this legislation is unconstitutional on a number of levels and it is clear that all 404 representatives who voted in favor of this bill are traitors and should be removed from office immediately. The treason spans both political parties and it shows us all that there is no difference between them. The bill will go on to the Senate and will likely be passed and signed into the law by George W. Bush. Considering that draconian legislation like the Patriot Act and the Military Commissions Act have already been passed, there seems little question that this one will get passed as well. This is more proof that our country has been completely sold out by a group of traitors at all levels of government. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act 2007
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali
The U.S. House of Representatives has quietly passed the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism (read Thought Crime) Prevention Act of 2007. The bill, passed on October 23 by a landslide vote of 404 to 6, has been referred to the Senate where it awaits scrutiny from the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Interestingly, of the fifteen sponsors for this bill, eleven of them are Democrats.
The bill's language hides its true intent
The bill's vague and open-ended language hides its true intent as to what "violent radicalization" and "homegrown terrorism" are? It will be whatever the administration says they are. Violent radicalization is defined as "adopting or promoting an extremist belief system (to facilitate) ideologically based violence to advance political, religious or social change."
Homegrown terrorism is used to mean "the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily with the United States or any (US) possession to intimidate or coerce the (US) government, the civilian population....or any segment thereof (to further) political or social objectives."
Along with other repressive laws enacted after 9/11, the new law may be used against any individual or group with unpopular views - those that differ from established state policies. Prosecutors henceforth will be able to target believers in Islam, anti-war protesters, web editors, internet bloggers and radio and TV show hosts and commentators with views the bill calls "terrorist-related propaganda."
Unfortunately this bill is likely to pass and be signed into law as it purports to be part of the response to 9/11 and the global war on terror. If this legislation becomes law, which is virtually certain, any dissenting anti-government action or opinion may henceforth be called "violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism" with stiff penalties for anyone convicted.
This bill now joins the ranks of other repressive post-9/11 laws like Patriot I and II, Military Commissions, Protect America Acts and Presidential Executive Orders pursuant to which the government has engaged in massive surveillance of its own citizens, as well as detentions, extraordinary renditions and torture.
Surprisingly, there is a criminal silence in the mainstream media about the bill.
http://www.amperspective.com/html/the_violent_radacaliztion.html
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Chilling effect on both free speech and thought
The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act will have a substantial chilling effect on both free speech and free thought. At base, Jane Harman's proposal seems to be a direct attack on free speech. No where is this more clear than in the third introductory paragraph (the "where as" section) that provides the context for the action desired. Specifically, this legislation aims at the unregulated nature of the Internet:
"The Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process in the United States by providing access to broad and constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens."
One of the most useful tools for political campaigns today is the use of the internet. Certainly we can see how this has been used over the last few months as Congressmen Paul, as well as other candidates, has used the internet to spread their messages and appeal to new voters.
With this piece of legislation in congress, people will no longer be able to use the internet in a peaceful manner. All activity will certainly be logged, and every letter typed will be scrutinized by the state.
On November 6, CSPAN aired a hearing of the Homeland Security Subcommittee's "Terrorism and the Internet" which stated purpose was to attempt to identify and focus on the use of the internet by "home grown terrorist recruiters." The hearing was chaired by California democrat Jane Harman, sponsor of the infamous "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007" and ranking Republican, Rep. Dave Reichert.
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2007/11/369129.shtml
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Bizarre Bill Introduced in Congress: The Violent Radicalization Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
Civil liberties activists have criticized the bill, some comparing the Commission it would establish to the McCarthy Commission that investigated Americans for possible associations with Communist groups, casting suspicion on law-abiding citizens and ruining their reputations. The Commission would be empowered to "hold hearings and sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, receive such evidence, and administer such oaths as the Commission considers advisable to carry out its duties."Odette Wilkens, the executive director of the Equal Justice Alliance, a constitutional watchdog group, compared the legislation to the McCarthy Commission and to the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), which infiltrated, undermined and spied on civil rights and antiwar groups during the 1950s and 60s."The commission would have very broad powers. It could investigate anyone. It would create a public perception that whoever is being investigated by the Commission must be involved in subversive or illegal activities. It would give the appearance that whoever they are investigating is potentially a traitor or disloyal or a terrorist, even if all they were doing was advocating lawful views," Wilkens said.
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/index.cfm/page/article/id/8888
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"Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007."
Well now, My post here and you reading it can classify us both as terrorists and a danger to the nation. That is what this new threat is all about. Any common sense thinking now puts one at risk and subject to jail and fines, along with ruined reputations even if not guilty of anything. How would the next elected president handle this situation! Anyway if I disappear you'll know what happened.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act by the U.S. Congress,
House Passes Thought Crime Prevention Bill
10-25-2007
www.roguegovernment.com
Lee Rogers
http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=4682
Clerical Amendment- The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting at the end of the items relating to title VIII the following:
It states in the first subsection that in general the efforts to defeat thought crime shall not violate the constitutional rights, civil rights and civil liberties of the United States citizens and lawful permanent residents. How does this protect constitutional rights if they use vague language such as in general that prefaces the statement? This means that the Department of Homeland Security does not have to abide by the Constitution in their attempts to prevent so called homegrown terrorism.
This bill is completely insane. It literally allows the government to define any and all crimes including thought crime as violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism. Obviously, this legislation is unconstitutional on a number of levels and it is clear that all 404 representatives who voted in favor of this bill are traitors and should be removed from office immediately. The treason spans both political parties and it shows us all that there is no difference between them. The bill will go on to the Senate and will likely be passed and signed into the law by George W. Bush. Considering that draconian legislation like the Patriot Act and the Military Commissions Act have already been passed, there seems little question that this one will get passed as well. This is more proof that our country has been completely sold out by a group of traitors at all levels of government. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act 2007
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali
The U.S. House of Representatives has quietly passed the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism (read Thought Crime) Prevention Act of 2007. The bill, passed on October 23 by a landslide vote of 404 to 6, has been referred to the Senate where it awaits scrutiny from the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Interestingly, of the fifteen sponsors for this bill, eleven of them are Democrats.
The bill's language hides its true intent
The bill's vague and open-ended language hides its true intent as to what "violent radicalization" and "homegrown terrorism" are? It will be whatever the administration says they are. Violent radicalization is defined as "adopting or promoting an extremist belief system (to facilitate) ideologically based violence to advance political, religious or social change."
Homegrown terrorism is used to mean "the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily with the United States or any (US) possession to intimidate or coerce the (US) government, the civilian population....or any segment thereof (to further) political or social objectives."
Along with other repressive laws enacted after 9/11, the new law may be used against any individual or group with unpopular views - those that differ from established state policies. Prosecutors henceforth will be able to target believers in Islam, anti-war protesters, web editors, internet bloggers and radio and TV show hosts and commentators with views the bill calls "terrorist-related propaganda."
Unfortunately this bill is likely to pass and be signed into law as it purports to be part of the response to 9/11 and the global war on terror. If this legislation becomes law, which is virtually certain, any dissenting anti-government action or opinion may henceforth be called "violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism" with stiff penalties for anyone convicted.
This bill now joins the ranks of other repressive post-9/11 laws like Patriot I and II, Military Commissions, Protect America Acts and Presidential Executive Orders pursuant to which the government has engaged in massive surveillance of its own citizens, as well as detentions, extraordinary renditions and torture.
Surprisingly, there is a criminal silence in the mainstream media about the bill.
http://www.amperspective.com/html/the_violent_radacaliztion.html
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Chilling effect on both free speech and thought
The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act will have a substantial chilling effect on both free speech and free thought. At base, Jane Harman's proposal seems to be a direct attack on free speech. No where is this more clear than in the third introductory paragraph (the "where as" section) that provides the context for the action desired. Specifically, this legislation aims at the unregulated nature of the Internet:
"The Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process in the United States by providing access to broad and constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens."
One of the most useful tools for political campaigns today is the use of the internet. Certainly we can see how this has been used over the last few months as Congressmen Paul, as well as other candidates, has used the internet to spread their messages and appeal to new voters.
With this piece of legislation in congress, people will no longer be able to use the internet in a peaceful manner. All activity will certainly be logged, and every letter typed will be scrutinized by the state.
On November 6, CSPAN aired a hearing of the Homeland Security Subcommittee's "Terrorism and the Internet" which stated purpose was to attempt to identify and focus on the use of the internet by "home grown terrorist recruiters." The hearing was chaired by California democrat Jane Harman, sponsor of the infamous "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007" and ranking Republican, Rep. Dave Reichert.
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2007/11/369129.shtml
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Bizarre Bill Introduced in Congress: The Violent Radicalization Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
Civil liberties activists have criticized the bill, some comparing the Commission it would establish to the McCarthy Commission that investigated Americans for possible associations with Communist groups, casting suspicion on law-abiding citizens and ruining their reputations. The Commission would be empowered to "hold hearings and sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, receive such evidence, and administer such oaths as the Commission considers advisable to carry out its duties."Odette Wilkens, the executive director of the Equal Justice Alliance, a constitutional watchdog group, compared the legislation to the McCarthy Commission and to the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), which infiltrated, undermined and spied on civil rights and antiwar groups during the 1950s and 60s."The commission would have very broad powers. It could investigate anyone. It would create a public perception that whoever is being investigated by the Commission must be involved in subversive or illegal activities. It would give the appearance that whoever they are investigating is potentially a traitor or disloyal or a terrorist, even if all they were doing was advocating lawful views," Wilkens said.
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/index.cfm/page/article/id/8888
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Monday, December 31, 2007
# 122 Mating Habits of less than 9,000 moths: & Your Health In California
Should anyone start being concerned or not to worry!
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Is this another "agent orange" in the making!
http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/benefits/Herbicide/
http://www.usvetdsp.com/agentorange.htm
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Government's Pesticide Experiment Program
The California Department of Food and Agriculture's own doctor acknowledges, in court documents, that aerial application of this chemical has not been tested. Let me repeat this so you understand, chemicals are being sprayed on young children, nursing mother's, people with asthma, lung problems, heart problems, the elderly, the disabled, the homeless and the chemically sensitive - and this chemical formulation has NEVER been tested on even a piece of dirt, let alone, humans. The newly designed Faroes Statement, the consensus of over 200 scientists, calls for a precautionary approach with respect to exposure of fetuses and children to environmental toxins. The consensus is that exposure of fetuses or children to chemicals can cause increased susceptibility to disease and disability later in life. In addition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has specific directives and codes that state that they should not experiment with pesticides on pregnant women, or infants. It is a fact, since this aerial pesticide has not been proven to control the moth's mating habits and has not been proven safe to animals or humans, that this is an experiment.
In Monterey, approximately 100,000 residents were exposed to untested chemicals to control the mating habits of less than 750 moths. In Santa Cruz County, over 100,000 residents will be exposed between 11/06/07 – 11/09/07 to untested chemicals to control the mating habits of less than 9,000 moths. This is not a one time application, but will continue monthly beginning again in February, for nine months, and then repeated for up to a total of three years. Again, this program designed to eradicate the moth at best will only control the moth's mating habits; it will not eliminate the moth. At worst, the program will be ineffective, cost tax payers millions of dollars, and cause permanent disability to residents and their pets. All this harm is over a little moth that has yet to cause even $1 of damage in California
Thousands Exposed to Poison by Government's Aerial Spraying
In Monterey, approximately 100,000 residents were exposed to untested chemicals to control the mating habits of less than 750 moths. In Santa Cruz County, over 100,000 residents will be exposed between 11/06/07 – 11/09/07 to untested chemicals to control the mating habits of less than 9,000 moths. This is not a one time application, but will continue monthly beginning again in February, for nine months, and then repeated for up to a total of three years. Again, this program designed to eradicate the moth at best will only control the moth's mating habits; it will not eliminate the moth. At worst, the program will be ineffective, cost tax payers millions of dollars, and cause permanent disability to residents and their pets. All this harm is over a little moth that has yet to cause even $1 of damage in California.
http://www.newstarget.com/022434.html
Here are suggestions for action:
Call Governor Schwarzenegger who supports the biochemical aerial spraying that harms children and tell his staffers that you order the Governor to immediately halt the spraying.(916) 445-2841 2841 (press #1, #5, #0)Fax: (916) 445-4633
See my related story:
(www.newstarget.com/022158.html)
Call your local senator and congressional representative. And I encourage you to call these California Senators. Federal offices will say that this is a state matter. You tell them that this LBAM eradication plan is funded by the USDA and that this is certainly a federal problem.
(Both California US Government Senators have been sitting on the fence, even though a congressional investigation as to why the USDA and EPA are so eager to spray chemicals on people, in plain violation of their own laws, is called for.)
Senator Diane FeinsteinSan Fransisco Office - (415) 393-0707
Senator Barbara BoxerSan Fransisco Office - (415) 403-0100
Democracy Now!They want to here our stories,(www.democracynow.org/storyidea.pl)
Send them this link with this article, or post a summary of this article to their e-mail.
The American Civil Liberties UnionThe ACLU is a pioneer in human and civil rights, yet they claim that this is an environmental issue. Think again, this is a human rights issue, let them know
(www.aclu.org/contact/general/index.html)
The Sierra ClubThey should be suing to stop this but rather have laid back in their support, claiming that pheromones are a safer alternatives than insecticides according to the information they are receiving from the EPA. Think Again, pheromones in microcapsules, never tested before on animals or people, could be deadly. The Sierra Club is being intentionally misled into supporting a substance that they know very little about.Let them know your opinion. National Headquarters 415-977-5500
The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)They are a lead environmental organization who usually has a fabulous track record in fighting against such atrocities as spraying chemicals. However, they have been ardent supporters of pheromone use, stating that the pheromone is safe because the EPA says it is better than traditional pesticides. Note that we were also told that they have not done ANY independent research into the toxic side effects of pheromones and do not have the resources to have their own scientists do any testing. Basically they are taking the EPA and USDA's word that it is safe, even though there are no tests available to show that it is safe or effective.
Call them and let them know how you feel. And ask them why they aren't doing their own tests.National Headquarters Telephone: (212) 727-2700Or the San Francisco, CA Office: (415) 875-6100
Personal ActionTalk to your friends about this and other government abuses.
If you can provide us legal, scientific, medical or other expert support contact the author of this article immediately.
Write Articles relating to this topic or to human rights in the United States.
Alert national and international media organizations, use your personal contacts to help the cause; spread this article.
Feel your feelings, let your feelings be present.
Pray, Meditate, Dance, Dream, Act for peace.
Boycott Roll International, owner of Suterra the maker's of CheckmateCompanies include: Fiji Water, Paramount Farms, Paramount Citrus, POM Wonderful, The Franklin Mint, and Teleflora
Some of Checkmate's Published Ingredients:
Here are three published Checkmate ingredients, of particular concern, which have been and will continue to be sprayed upon humans and their environment.
Butylated hydroxytoluene
The Material Saftey Data Sheet States:"Mutagenic for mammalian somatic cells. Mutagenic for bacteria and/or yeast" "The substance may be toxic to blood, liver, central nervous system(CNS). Repeated or prolonged exposure to the substances can produce target organs damage."
Tricaprylmethyammonimum chloride
There is no information or documentation about this substance or how chronic exposure to it can effect human health. That means we cannot be certain that even small doses are safe.
2-hydroxy-4-n-octyloxybenzophenone
This is a Xenochemical that binds to estrogen receptors not just in animals, but in humans. In other words, even in small doses, it signals people's bodies to take a specific biological action. Even small doses could affect hormonal functions by causing the constant production of estrogen. Prolonged exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals is the cause of breast cancer
http://www.newstarget.com/022434.html
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http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/01/frankenfoods-in-your-future-new-wave-of.html
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/03/102-frankenrice-its-on-way-here-it.html
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/05/106-frankenfoods-update-us-rice-supply.html
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/08/109-applied-common-sense-and-mercury-in.html
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/10/114-usda-and-applied-common-sense.html
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/10/116-worlds-deadliest-germs-and-common.html
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/10/118-daily-deadly-diet-and-you.html
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/11/119-daily-deadly-diet-continues-guess.html
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/11/120-daily-deadly-diet-continueswhat-to.html
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Is this another "agent orange" in the making!
http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/benefits/Herbicide/
http://www.usvetdsp.com/agentorange.htm
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Government's Pesticide Experiment Program
The California Department of Food and Agriculture's own doctor acknowledges, in court documents, that aerial application of this chemical has not been tested. Let me repeat this so you understand, chemicals are being sprayed on young children, nursing mother's, people with asthma, lung problems, heart problems, the elderly, the disabled, the homeless and the chemically sensitive - and this chemical formulation has NEVER been tested on even a piece of dirt, let alone, humans. The newly designed Faroes Statement, the consensus of over 200 scientists, calls for a precautionary approach with respect to exposure of fetuses and children to environmental toxins. The consensus is that exposure of fetuses or children to chemicals can cause increased susceptibility to disease and disability later in life. In addition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has specific directives and codes that state that they should not experiment with pesticides on pregnant women, or infants. It is a fact, since this aerial pesticide has not been proven to control the moth's mating habits and has not been proven safe to animals or humans, that this is an experiment.
In Monterey, approximately 100,000 residents were exposed to untested chemicals to control the mating habits of less than 750 moths. In Santa Cruz County, over 100,000 residents will be exposed between 11/06/07 – 11/09/07 to untested chemicals to control the mating habits of less than 9,000 moths. This is not a one time application, but will continue monthly beginning again in February, for nine months, and then repeated for up to a total of three years. Again, this program designed to eradicate the moth at best will only control the moth's mating habits; it will not eliminate the moth. At worst, the program will be ineffective, cost tax payers millions of dollars, and cause permanent disability to residents and their pets. All this harm is over a little moth that has yet to cause even $1 of damage in California
Thousands Exposed to Poison by Government's Aerial Spraying
In Monterey, approximately 100,000 residents were exposed to untested chemicals to control the mating habits of less than 750 moths. In Santa Cruz County, over 100,000 residents will be exposed between 11/06/07 – 11/09/07 to untested chemicals to control the mating habits of less than 9,000 moths. This is not a one time application, but will continue monthly beginning again in February, for nine months, and then repeated for up to a total of three years. Again, this program designed to eradicate the moth at best will only control the moth's mating habits; it will not eliminate the moth. At worst, the program will be ineffective, cost tax payers millions of dollars, and cause permanent disability to residents and their pets. All this harm is over a little moth that has yet to cause even $1 of damage in California.
http://www.newstarget.com/022434.html
Here are suggestions for action:
Call Governor Schwarzenegger who supports the biochemical aerial spraying that harms children and tell his staffers that you order the Governor to immediately halt the spraying.(916) 445-2841 2841 (press #1, #5, #0)Fax: (916) 445-4633
See my related story:
(www.newstarget.com/022158.html)
Call your local senator and congressional representative. And I encourage you to call these California Senators. Federal offices will say that this is a state matter. You tell them that this LBAM eradication plan is funded by the USDA and that this is certainly a federal problem.
(Both California US Government Senators have been sitting on the fence, even though a congressional investigation as to why the USDA and EPA are so eager to spray chemicals on people, in plain violation of their own laws, is called for.)
Senator Diane FeinsteinSan Fransisco Office - (415) 393-0707
Senator Barbara BoxerSan Fransisco Office - (415) 403-0100
Democracy Now!They want to here our stories,(www.democracynow.org/storyidea.pl)
Send them this link with this article, or post a summary of this article to their e-mail.
The American Civil Liberties UnionThe ACLU is a pioneer in human and civil rights, yet they claim that this is an environmental issue. Think again, this is a human rights issue, let them know
(www.aclu.org/contact/general/index.html)
The Sierra ClubThey should be suing to stop this but rather have laid back in their support, claiming that pheromones are a safer alternatives than insecticides according to the information they are receiving from the EPA. Think Again, pheromones in microcapsules, never tested before on animals or people, could be deadly. The Sierra Club is being intentionally misled into supporting a substance that they know very little about.Let them know your opinion. National Headquarters 415-977-5500
The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)They are a lead environmental organization who usually has a fabulous track record in fighting against such atrocities as spraying chemicals. However, they have been ardent supporters of pheromone use, stating that the pheromone is safe because the EPA says it is better than traditional pesticides. Note that we were also told that they have not done ANY independent research into the toxic side effects of pheromones and do not have the resources to have their own scientists do any testing. Basically they are taking the EPA and USDA's word that it is safe, even though there are no tests available to show that it is safe or effective.
Call them and let them know how you feel. And ask them why they aren't doing their own tests.National Headquarters Telephone: (212) 727-2700Or the San Francisco, CA Office: (415) 875-6100
Personal ActionTalk to your friends about this and other government abuses.
If you can provide us legal, scientific, medical or other expert support contact the author of this article immediately.
Write Articles relating to this topic or to human rights in the United States.
Alert national and international media organizations, use your personal contacts to help the cause; spread this article.
Feel your feelings, let your feelings be present.
Pray, Meditate, Dance, Dream, Act for peace.
Boycott Roll International, owner of Suterra the maker's of CheckmateCompanies include: Fiji Water, Paramount Farms, Paramount Citrus, POM Wonderful, The Franklin Mint, and Teleflora
Some of Checkmate's Published Ingredients:
Here are three published Checkmate ingredients, of particular concern, which have been and will continue to be sprayed upon humans and their environment.
Butylated hydroxytoluene
The Material Saftey Data Sheet States:"Mutagenic for mammalian somatic cells. Mutagenic for bacteria and/or yeast" "The substance may be toxic to blood, liver, central nervous system(CNS). Repeated or prolonged exposure to the substances can produce target organs damage."
Tricaprylmethyammonimum chloride
There is no information or documentation about this substance or how chronic exposure to it can effect human health. That means we cannot be certain that even small doses are safe.
2-hydroxy-4-n-octyloxybenzophenone
This is a Xenochemical that binds to estrogen receptors not just in animals, but in humans. In other words, even in small doses, it signals people's bodies to take a specific biological action. Even small doses could affect hormonal functions by causing the constant production of estrogen. Prolonged exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals is the cause of breast cancer
http://www.newstarget.com/022434.html
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/01/frankenfoods-in-your-future-new-wave-of.html
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/03/102-frankenrice-its-on-way-here-it.html
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/05/106-frankenfoods-update-us-rice-supply.html
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/08/109-applied-common-sense-and-mercury-in.html
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/10/114-usda-and-applied-common-sense.html
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/10/116-worlds-deadliest-germs-and-common.html
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/10/118-daily-deadly-diet-and-you.html
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/11/119-daily-deadly-diet-continues-guess.html
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/11/120-daily-deadly-diet-continueswhat-to.html
Monday, December 24, 2007
# 121 And So It Came To Pass
The world is at peace. Families share their love at home. Religions are at ease with each other. Warmth, shelter, nourishment and safety embraces all. No wars are in progress. Nations hold no enmity. And So It Came To Pass.
SOL INVICTUS
by Robert G. Ingersoll
Again we celebrate the victory of Light over Darkness, of the God of day over the hosts of night. Again Samson is victorious over Delilah, and Hercules triumphs once more over Omphale. In the embrace of Isis, Osiris rises from the dead, and the scowling Typhon is defeated once more. Again Apollo, with unerring aim, with his arrow from the quiver of light, destroys the serpent of shadow.
This is the festival of Thor, of Baldur and of Prometheus. Again Buddha by a miracle escapes from the tyrant of Madura, Zoroaster foils the King, Bacchus laughs at the rage of Cadmus,and Chrishna eludes the tyrant.
This is the festival of the sun-god, and as such let its observance be universal. This is the great day of the first religion, the mother of all religions—the worship of the sun. Sun worship is not only the first, but the most natural and most reasonable of all. And not only the most natural and the most reasonable, but by far the most poetic, the most beautiful. The sun is the god of benefits, of growth, of life, of warmth, of happiness, of joy. The sun is the all-seeing, the all-pitying, the all-loving.
This right God knew no hatred, no malice, never sought for revenge. All evil qualities were in the breast of the God of darkness, of shadow, of night. And so I say again, this is the festival of light.
This is the anniversary of the triumph of the Sun over the hosts of Darkness. Let us all hope for the triumph of Light—of Right and Reason— for the victory of Fact over Falsehood, of Science over Superstition. And so hoping, let us celebrate the venerable festival of the Sun.
Robert G. Ingersoll, originally published as
“The Agnostic Christmas,” in The Journal, New York,
December 25, 1892: p. 477 of The Works of Robert .Ingersoll,
Vol. 11, NY, 1900, pp. 375-376__._,_.___
SOL INVICTUS
by Robert G. Ingersoll
Again we celebrate the victory of Light over Darkness, of the God of day over the hosts of night. Again Samson is victorious over Delilah, and Hercules triumphs once more over Omphale. In the embrace of Isis, Osiris rises from the dead, and the scowling Typhon is defeated once more. Again Apollo, with unerring aim, with his arrow from the quiver of light, destroys the serpent of shadow.
This is the festival of Thor, of Baldur and of Prometheus. Again Buddha by a miracle escapes from the tyrant of Madura, Zoroaster foils the King, Bacchus laughs at the rage of Cadmus,and Chrishna eludes the tyrant.
This is the festival of the sun-god, and as such let its observance be universal. This is the great day of the first religion, the mother of all religions—the worship of the sun. Sun worship is not only the first, but the most natural and most reasonable of all. And not only the most natural and the most reasonable, but by far the most poetic, the most beautiful. The sun is the god of benefits, of growth, of life, of warmth, of happiness, of joy. The sun is the all-seeing, the all-pitying, the all-loving.
This right God knew no hatred, no malice, never sought for revenge. All evil qualities were in the breast of the God of darkness, of shadow, of night. And so I say again, this is the festival of light.
This is the anniversary of the triumph of the Sun over the hosts of Darkness. Let us all hope for the triumph of Light—of Right and Reason— for the victory of Fact over Falsehood, of Science over Superstition. And so hoping, let us celebrate the venerable festival of the Sun.
Robert G. Ingersoll, originally published as
“The Agnostic Christmas,” in The Journal, New York,
December 25, 1892: p. 477 of The Works of Robert .Ingersoll,
Vol. 11, NY, 1900, pp. 375-376__._,_.___
Sunday, November 11, 2007
# 120 Daily Deadly Diet Continues:What To Do!
I enjoyed oyster crackers pushed down into my hot chili.
(Mamas by Mrs Alisons, for Archway and Mothers Cookie Co )
I periodically enjoyed Nutty Bars.
(McKee Foods)
No more though, as these two favorites have started using the NEW FAT, called "INTERESTERIFIED OILS". Hydrogenated, partially hydrogenated or trans fat listed in the ingredient list, and off I go. Am driving the family nuts, with my reading the ingredient lists of all food products. Come back and list foods you find with the word interesterified listed.
Another product that I was interested in trying was "All Day Energy Greens" made by IVL, in Camp Verde,AZ 86322. Ingredient list was fantastic, with the exception of the unwanted soy product. So did not order. Two months later, comes a new brochure, same company, showing " New & Improved Soy Free Formula". Ah, I say, check it out. So what do I find, The same product, dropped six wanted ingredients along with the unwanted soy stuff, going from 37 listed ingredients, down to 28. Same price, almost the same product, but am no longer interested in buying without the six wanted ingredients in it. Oh well, maybe next time the product will be what I wanted to try.
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( see Razors Edge # 118)
Sunday, October 21, 2007# 118 The Daily Deadly Diet and You!
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Interesterified fat - what should consumers do?
Scientists working for the food industry keep coming up with strange, weird and terrifying stuffs. As consumers, we need to keep abreast of these developments and watch out for the dangers. Otherwise, just stick to traditional foods that humans have been eating for thousands of years, and we will be all ok. In the case of oils and fats, just stick to:saturated fats like lard, butter, ghee, beef tallow, goose fat…. coconut oil and palm
oil, monounsaturated fats like olive, sesame, and peanut oils.
Note also that:
Polyunsatured oils like corn, soybean, etc had not been traditionally used for cooking. Most were introduced only during the last century.
Canola, a monounsaturated fat widely touted as being the “healthiest oil” is another modern scientific invention, produced through genetic manipulation.
One product to be careful about is peanut butter, some of which are now made with fully hydrogenated oils. These could well be interesterified fat. If you want a healthy peanut butter, look for those that contain just one or two ingredients, either only peanuts, or peanuts and salt.
Click here to read a commentary, written before I knew about interesterified fat, about peanut butter and fully hydrogenated oils.
http://www.stop-trans-fat.com/no-trans-fat.html
ASSOCIATED WEBSITES
http://www.stop-msg.com/ http://www.stop-aspartame.com/
DAILY COMMENTARIESON TRANS FAT @ TRANS FAT WEBSITES USA: BanTransFats.com UK: tfX.org Malaysia: Notrans.org.my TRANS FATS COMMENTARIES Why Singapore refuses trans fat labelling Trans fats and the HPB Jan 07: Positive labelling - not always helpful DEC 06: Trans vs saturated fats -- Health authorities out of touch OCT 06: New York considers baning trans fats AUG 06: Saturated fats may actually be good NOV 05: A big fat movement TRANS FAT NEWS Jan 07 – Trans fats affect fertility Jan 07: Trans fat labelling in Korea Jan 07: Trans fat labelling in Taiwan Oct 06 - Jan 07 Jan 06 - Sep 06 Trans fats in Denmark Trans fats in the US Trans fats in the UK Trans fats in Singapore DANGERS OF TRANS FATS Heart disease Obesity / Diabetes Trans fats and infertility Cell membranes / immunity / brain function UNDERSTANDINGFATS AND OILS What is trans fat? Interesterified fat - worse than trans fat? Trans fat and saturated fat - the differences Benefits of saturated fats Butter v margarine Margarine is 'plastic' How is margarine made? High cholesterol foods – healthy, not harmful! WHO recommendations on trans / saturated fat intake Trans fat on nutrition facts labels No trans fat... but still no good! Benefits of coconut oil UNDERSTANDING DISEASES Do saturated fats cause heart disease? Saturated fat and cancer - is there a link?
TRANS FAT HEROES AND OTHER PERSONALITIES
Stephen Joseph
Mary Enig
Walter Willett
Steen Stender
Oliver Tickell of tfX
Uffe Ravnskov
Ancel Keys
Yours truly, Richard Seah
http://www.stop-trans-fat.com/interesterified-fat.html
http://www.stop-trans-fat.com/no-trans-fat.html
(Mamas by Mrs Alisons, for Archway and Mothers Cookie Co )
I periodically enjoyed Nutty Bars.
(McKee Foods)
No more though, as these two favorites have started using the NEW FAT, called "INTERESTERIFIED OILS". Hydrogenated, partially hydrogenated or trans fat listed in the ingredient list, and off I go. Am driving the family nuts, with my reading the ingredient lists of all food products. Come back and list foods you find with the word interesterified listed.
Another product that I was interested in trying was "All Day Energy Greens" made by IVL, in Camp Verde,AZ 86322. Ingredient list was fantastic, with the exception of the unwanted soy product. So did not order. Two months later, comes a new brochure, same company, showing " New & Improved Soy Free Formula". Ah, I say, check it out. So what do I find, The same product, dropped six wanted ingredients along with the unwanted soy stuff, going from 37 listed ingredients, down to 28. Same price, almost the same product, but am no longer interested in buying without the six wanted ingredients in it. Oh well, maybe next time the product will be what I wanted to try.
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( see Razors Edge # 118)
Sunday, October 21, 2007# 118 The Daily Deadly Diet and You!
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Interesterified fat - what should consumers do?
Scientists working for the food industry keep coming up with strange, weird and terrifying stuffs. As consumers, we need to keep abreast of these developments and watch out for the dangers. Otherwise, just stick to traditional foods that humans have been eating for thousands of years, and we will be all ok. In the case of oils and fats, just stick to:saturated fats like lard, butter, ghee, beef tallow, goose fat…. coconut oil and palm
oil, monounsaturated fats like olive, sesame, and peanut oils.
Note also that:
Polyunsatured oils like corn, soybean, etc had not been traditionally used for cooking. Most were introduced only during the last century.
Canola, a monounsaturated fat widely touted as being the “healthiest oil” is another modern scientific invention, produced through genetic manipulation.
One product to be careful about is peanut butter, some of which are now made with fully hydrogenated oils. These could well be interesterified fat. If you want a healthy peanut butter, look for those that contain just one or two ingredients, either only peanuts, or peanuts and salt.
Click here to read a commentary, written before I knew about interesterified fat, about peanut butter and fully hydrogenated oils.
http://www.stop-trans-fat.com/no-trans-fat.html
ASSOCIATED WEBSITES
http://www.stop-msg.com/ http://www.stop-aspartame.com/
DAILY COMMENTARIESON TRANS FAT @ TRANS FAT WEBSITES USA: BanTransFats.com UK: tfX.org Malaysia: Notrans.org.my TRANS FATS COMMENTARIES Why Singapore refuses trans fat labelling Trans fats and the HPB Jan 07: Positive labelling - not always helpful DEC 06: Trans vs saturated fats -- Health authorities out of touch OCT 06: New York considers baning trans fats AUG 06: Saturated fats may actually be good NOV 05: A big fat movement TRANS FAT NEWS Jan 07 – Trans fats affect fertility Jan 07: Trans fat labelling in Korea Jan 07: Trans fat labelling in Taiwan Oct 06 - Jan 07 Jan 06 - Sep 06 Trans fats in Denmark Trans fats in the US Trans fats in the UK Trans fats in Singapore DANGERS OF TRANS FATS Heart disease Obesity / Diabetes Trans fats and infertility Cell membranes / immunity / brain function UNDERSTANDINGFATS AND OILS What is trans fat? Interesterified fat - worse than trans fat? Trans fat and saturated fat - the differences Benefits of saturated fats Butter v margarine Margarine is 'plastic' How is margarine made? High cholesterol foods – healthy, not harmful! WHO recommendations on trans / saturated fat intake Trans fat on nutrition facts labels No trans fat... but still no good! Benefits of coconut oil UNDERSTANDING DISEASES Do saturated fats cause heart disease? Saturated fat and cancer - is there a link?
TRANS FAT HEROES AND OTHER PERSONALITIES
Stephen Joseph
Mary Enig
Walter Willett
Steen Stender
Oliver Tickell of tfX
Uffe Ravnskov
Ancel Keys
Yours truly, Richard Seah
http://www.stop-trans-fat.com/interesterified-fat.html
http://www.stop-trans-fat.com/no-trans-fat.html
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
# 119 The Daily Deadly Diet Continues: Guess who the victim's are!
So now, we have SuperBugs, and GMO SuperFoods.
We have newspaper headlines, of reduced sperm counts in males due to eating soy products. Increasing reports of rare diseases popping up, females reaching full breast maturity and menses, at ages nine and ten years of age! Great amounts of money for wars and nonsense at all levels of government! Farm subsidies for big corporations, get the big bucks, while the local farmer gets shafted. Pharmaceutical companies paying the FDA budget! Insane acts by seemingly ordinary people! The stories go on and on. Where is this going you ask? Folks as wild as it may seem, there is a tie-in, with all, of what is being said here. Slowly but surely, we are being mutated and genetically altered into what I’ve called FrankenHumans. Now, go ahead, and laugh, all you want. Done? The next step is to apply the same commonsense thinking I’ve also written about in my blogs. So what is the commonsense denominator with all the people in this picture! Drinking water, air, the food supply, and antibiotics. The most draconian is the food supply. Next would be antibiotics. So think what you will, but do give it all some deep thought. Numerous people and web site are ridiculing, any, that question the issues raised here. It’s no laughing matter, when your family is suffering from any of these raised issues. Yes, yes, I know this sounds like so many conspiracy things, floating around. Paranoid rantings on a blog here! Maybe, but just go back to earlier posts, and follow the trail of what was said. Than decide for yourself what is the truth of what has been said.
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Suddenly the little-known germ with the cumbersome name, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is getting lots of attention. People in health care settings, like hospitals and nursing homes, are most at risk for MRSA infections. Doctors and nurses who treat staph-infected patients and then don't carefully wash up can spread the germ to other patients. Germ-contaminated medical devices used on people having dialysis or medical procedures also can spread staph. Older patients and blacks are most at risk, according to the recent report by government researchers. MRSA, pronounced Muhr-suh, has been around for decades and in recent years has spread to schools, prisons and crowded public housing projects. Even healthy people can carry it on their skin. It may look like a pimple or spider bite that doesn't heal, but it can turn deadly if it enters the bloodstream or morphs into a flesh-eating wound. Yet, many infection control experts oppose required testing for it in hospitals. Many note that MRSA is just one of dozens of risky germs that often infect people in hospitals - particularly those with weakened immune systems or open wounds.
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But Lisa McGiffert doesn't buy it. The director of the Consumers Union's campaign to stop hospital infections calls that "an argument of distraction." "Certainly there are other superbugs and they should be tackling those, too," said McGiffert. "To eradicate hospital-acquired infections is going to take a comprehensive effort" that should include testing hospital patients, she said. About 1.7 million Americans each year develop infections from various germs while hospitalized and almost 100,000 of them die, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
MRSA accounts for only about 10 percent of these infections. Other worrisome bugs include C-difficile (an intestinal infection), vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (linked with intestinal, skin and blood infections), and drug-resistant Acinetobacter (which can cause pneumonia, skin and blood infections); none of them accounts for more than 10 percent of hospital infections. MRSA infections have hogged attention, partly because they're on the rise. And, acknowledges the CDC's Dr. John Jernigan, "MRSA likely accounts for a disproportionate amount of illness and death" because of its strength and resistance to mainline antibiotics.
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Genetically modified foods are, from my perception, one of the largest threats that we have against the very sustainability of the human race. Let’s face it, how long can your descendants survive if there isn’t any food to eat? Although Monsanto doesn’t believe this is a possibility, their shortsighted focus on profits is blinding them to the very real threats that this technology is posing to the viability of the human race. Jeffrey Smith does a great job of summarizing his main findings in this fascinating video series, recounting how GMO health problems have indeed been recorded as far back as 1989. At that time, several people started seeking medical attention for severe and puzzling health problems such as:
Severe pain
Hair loss
Memory loss
Muscle weakness, and uncontrollable muscle spasms
Hardening of the skin
Through a series of events, these symptoms were traced back to genetically modified strains of L-tryptophan. Up to 10,000 people were affected and some 100 of them died. Uncovered documents revealed that the FDA knew about these health problems for about five years prior to the “epidemic,” which only became known as an epidemic after the story was published in the New York Times, and people began coming out of the woodwork displaying these symptoms that no one had been able to diagnose before. To illustrate this point – that GMO’s may very well be wreaking havoc with your health and you don’t even know it’s the source of your problems – is the fact that the toxic L-tryptophan was only discovered because its symptoms were acute, rare, and had a very fast onset. These things are what get doctors curious about unearthing the cause. But as Jeffrey Smith points out – what if the damage doesn’t occur overnight? What if the symptoms are milder? Thousands of genetically modified products are now on the market, creating potentially life-threatening problems, but no one knows what to look out for. Why? Because no one knows the full extent of what happens to the end product when you splice in new genes. The only thing that is guaranteed is that it will create surprise side effects… However, according to Smith’s research, what we do know is that between 1994 and 2001 – at the same time as GMO’s flooded the market – food related illnesses DOUBLED.
GMO foods can be:
Allergenic
Toxic
Carcinogenic
Anti-nutritional
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It may also create brand new diseases that we’ve never seen before, in addition to spurring on the disease rate of some we already have, such as cancer. Although the major food giants are carrying on with their claim that GM foods are no different from conventionally grown varieties, the research begs to differ. Here is just a sampling of the unsavory findings associated with GM foods:
GM peas caused lung damage in mice
GM potatoes may cause cancer in rats
Bacteria in your gut can take up DNA from GM food
They may be spurring the creation of weed-killer-resistant superweeds Smith mentions the superior work of Arpad Pusztai, PhD, a (formerly pro-biotech) scientist who was hired to evaluate the safety of GMO food, and then fired for his negative findings and his outspoken criticism of the industry’s shoddy science. Fortunately, he finally managed to get his animal feeding study published in the journal Lancet in 1999 (see the Lancet October 16, 1999;354(9187):1353-4 for the full PDF article).
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Despite the efforts of concerned scientists like Pusztai, you may be surprised to learn that you have a 75 percent chance of picking a food with genetically modified ingredients in the United States. This is because at least seven out of every 10 items have been genetically modified! Many of you probably try to avoid genetically modified foods, but very few know what they really are, since there are no labeling requirements identifying GMO ingredients. To get an idea of how widespread these ingredients are, I recommend taking a look at The GMO Food Guide I published a couple of months ago. Jeffrey Smith’s website www.seedsofdeception.com also gives you a more in-depth overview of GMO laced products, but the four main culprits are:
Soy
Corn
Cottonseed
Canola
The offspring of these products include items such as maltodextrin, soy lecitin, and high fructose corn syrup. Other GMO products include:
Some varieties of zucchini, crookneck squash, and papayas from Hawaii, Milk containing rbGH, Rennet (containing genetically modified enzymes) used to make hard cheeses, Aspartame (NutraSweet)
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What Can You Do?
Along with using the GMO Food Guide and avoiding the products mentioned above, there’s other tricks you that can use to figure out if something is genetically modified in your fresh produce aisles:
Examine produce stickers on the fruits and vegetables you buy. The PLU code for conventionally grown fruit consists of four numbers; organically grown fruit has five numbers prefaced by the number nine; and GM fruit has five numbers prefaced by the number eight.
Buy organic produce as often as you can. By definition, food that is certified organic must be free from all GM organisms. Stay away from all processed foods, as most of these contain corn and soy ingredients.
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Fortunately, as a consumer you do have power. You can choose not to be a victim of deception, and you can choose what you feed your family. Large portions of Europe have already succeeded in squashing GMO’s out of their food supply, forcing food manufacturers to use real ingredients in their European product lines. But here in the U.S. we’re still stuck with it to a very large degree. You can be the change you want to see in America, by educating yourself, spreading the word, and refusing to buy GMO products. Share this article with your friends and family, and if you haven’t yet taken the time to watch The Future of Food, please do so now. It is perhaps one of the most important videos on this subject, and one that everyone in American should watch and pass on to others.
Related Articles:
The Future of Food -- You NEED to Watch This Video!!!
The GMO Food Guide
Monsanto Workers Ban GMO Foods From Their Own Cafeteria
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Dr. Mercola November 06 2007
The REAL Reasons You Want to Avoid Genetically Modified Foods In this lecture, Jeffrey Smith, author of Seeds of Deception, summarizes the contents of his book, which explains how genetically modified foods cause health problems, and their potential for creating a vast array of unforeseen and surprising illnesses. He also sheds light on how the corruption within the U.S. government, the FDA, and the GMO industry has allowed, and perpetuated, the cover-up.
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Dr. Mercola's Comments:
Genetically modified foods are, from my perception, one of the largest
threats that we have against the very sustainability of the human race. Let’s face it, how long can your descendants survive if there isn’t any food to eat?
Although Monsanto doesn’t believe this is a possibility, their shortsighted focus on profits is blinding them to the very real threats that this technology is posing to the viability of the human race. Jeffrey Smith does a great job of summarizing his main findings in this fascinating video series, recounting how GMO health problems have indeed been recorded as far back as 1989. At that time, several people started seeking medical attention for severe and puzzling health problems such as:
Severe pain
Hair loss
Memory loss
Muscle weakness, and uncontrollable muscle spasms
Hardening of the skin
Through a series of events, these symptoms were traced back to genetically modified strains of L-tryptophan. Up to 10,000 people were affected and some 100 of them died. Uncovered documents revealed that the FDA knew about these health problems for about five years prior to the “epidemic,” which only became known as an epidemic after the story was published in the New York Times, and people began coming out of the woodwork displaying these symptoms that no one had been able to diagnose before.
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To illustrate this point – that GMO’s may very well be wreaking havoc with your health and you don’t even know it’s the source of your problems – is the fact that the toxic L-tryptophan was only discovered because its symptoms were acute, rare, and had a very fast onset. These things are what get doctors curious about unearthing the cause. But as Jeffrey Smith points out – what if the damage doesn’t occur overnight? What if the symptoms are milder? Thousands of genetically modified products are now on the market, creating potentially life-threatening problems, but no one knows what to look out for.
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Why? Because no one knows the full extent of what happens to the end product when you splice in new genes. The only thing that is guaranteed is that it will create surprise side effects… However, according to Smith’s research, what we do know is that between 1994 and 2001 – at the same time as GMO’s flooded the market – food related illnesses DOUBLED.
GMO foods can be:
Allergenic
Toxic
Carcinogenic
Anti-nutritional
It may also create brand new diseases that we’ve never seen before, in addition to spurring on the disease rate of some we already have, such as cancer.
Although the major food giants are carrying on with their claim that GM foods are no different from conventionally grown varieties, the research begs to differ. Here is just a sampling of the unsavory findings associated with GM foods:
GM peas caused lung damage in mice
GM potatoes may cause cancer in rats
Bacteria in your gut can take up DNA from GM food
They may be spurring the creation of weed-killer-resistant superweeds Smith mentions the superior work of Arpad Pusztai, PhD, a (formerly pro-biotech) scientist who was hired to evaluate the safety of GMO food, and then fired for his negative findings and his outspoken criticism of the industry’s shoddy science. Fortunately, he finally managed to get his animal feeding study published in the journal Lancet in 1999 (see the Lancet October 16, 1999;354(9187):1353-4 for the full PDF article). Despite the efforts of concerned scientists like Pusztai, you may be surprised to learn that you have a 75 percent chance of picking a food with genetically modified ingredients in the United States. This is because at least seven out of every 10 items have been genetically modified! Many of you probably try to avoid genetically modified foods, but very few know what they really are, since there are no labeling requirements identifying GMO ingredients. To get an idea of how widespread these ingredients are, I recommend taking a look at The GMO Food Guide I published a couple of months ago. Jeffrey Smith’s website www.seedsofdeception.com also gives you a more in-depth overview of GMO laced products, but the four main culprits are:
Soy
Corn
Cottonseed
Canola
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The offspring of these products include items such as maltodextrin, soy lecitin, and high fructose corn syrup.
Other GMO products include:
Some varieties of zucchini,
crookneck squash,
and papayas from Hawaii
Milk containing rbGH
Rennet (containing genetically modified enzymes)
used to make hard cheeses
Aspartame (NutraSweet)
What Can You Do?
Along with using the GMO Food Guide and avoiding the products
mentioned above, there’s other tricks you that can use to figure out if something is genetically modified in your fresh produce aisles: Examine produce stickers on the fruits and vegetables you buy. The PLU code for conventionally grown fruit consists of four numbers; organically grown fruit has five numbers prefaced by the number nine; and GM fruit has five numbers prefaced by the number eight. Buy organic produce as often as you can. By definition, food that is certified organic must be free from all GM organisms. Stay away from all processed foods, as most of these contain corn and soy ingredients.
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Fortunately, as a consumer you do have power. You can choose not to be a victim of deception, and you can choose what you feed your family. Large portions of Europe have already succeeded in squashing GMO’s out of their food supply, forcing food manufacturers to use real ingredients in their European product lines. But here in the U.S. we’re still stuck with it to a very large degree. You can be the change you want to see in America, by educating yourself, spreading the word, and refusing to buy GMO products.
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Share this article with your friends and family, and if you haven’t yet taken the time to watch The Future of Food, please do so now. It is perhaps one of the most important videos on this subject, and one that everyone in American should watch and pass on to others.
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Related Articles:
The Future of Food -- You NEED to Watch This Video!!!
The GMO Food Guide
Monsanto Workers Ban GMO Foods From Their Own Cafeteria
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There is another very good reason for resisting GMO in addition to health concerns and is this: You cannot patent a naturally occuring organism. Anyone, for instance can grow and sell tomatoes but if someone creates a special genetically modified tomato, they own the right to it. Only they can sell it for whatever they can get. If this special tomato crowds out all the natural varieties then there is only one place to go for your tomatoes and then watch the price rise! It is easy to see why such a scenario is attractive to the big food corporations. If they play their cards right they can make the kind of obscene profits the drug companies make. Control and profits is what this is all about, not cheap food. Quite the reverse. The big corporations already have enough control over our lives, don't let them control your food supply. Here is the UK we resisted the introduction of GMO foods but we wouldn't buy them, the supermarkets had to stop selling them and the government had to stop trying to force them down our throats. You in the US must do the same not only for your helath but for your freedom to choose what to eat.
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When I read this I wondered if GMO was the most serious issue to our health/environment. "Under the Bush new Police State, freedom of speech and assembly have been replaced with arrest and detention. The new presidential signing statements , give the govt. the freedom to declare anyone an enemy combatant or terrorist and intimidate and arrest anyone who protests anything this government is doing, without due process of law (HABEAS CORPUS). It's happening all over the country and will only get worse when Bush declares Martial Law and opens the detention camps to us citizen who protest in any way, the fascist dictatorship that has beCOME theocratic America. The ACLU has it's work cut out for itself, but it will be like shoveling coal against the tide.
I'm no expert, but in the UK we have fought off this sickness called GMO as far as possible.It keeps comiong bacK though. Even organic foods can't be certified below(I think) 0.9% contamination by GMO due to leaching across plant boundaries. Modified starch is in a lot of stuff-and recently the broader issue has been raised again for consideration.'They' are persistent...so should opponents be the same. Gov'ts have been lax over asbestos,nuclear waste from tests,flouride in water ( THE most precious commodity on the 'good' earth') and smoking risks for decades.
What's new?
PS I have a cigar sometimes...my risk , btw!
The only good thing is we don't have 1000's killed every day as in WW1 - but I doubt the dead/ injured from then would have fought for our current system- had they known what the legacy would be.
Nanny (corporate) state climbs into every aspect of our lives these days..and the only defence is for people to deal for themselves- or be used .
It's hard work ,fighting back- but go to it people !!
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Do any of the readers have micro chips in their animals?
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Besides the GMO attacks on farmers and consumers, they are also looking at the possibility of forced Animal Identification and human identification. NAIS should alarm everyone. If USDA is allowed to continue with NAIS, small/private farmers, homesteaders, hobbyists will drop their animals like hot potatoes. Some have already, sadly, preferring to give up their animals rather than fight.
All of these issues are connected. It begs a much larger social question. Can we form communities around our farmers to protect them and our food sources?
Is cooperative intentional community the direction we need to move? While I believe all the suggestions are a great start, I don't think we can stop there. Our way of living and thinking must change and it must change to include "the other" The other's point of view out of compassion. In community with and for each other. Farmers need our help or buying local/organic won't be an option. A final thought: "Even evil must serve the good. It takes a stand against the working of the divine and yet it cannot do otherwise than intensify, through resistance, the effectiveness of the good".
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Having dealt with a mysterious, undiagnosable but disabling "autoimmune disorder" over the last year and a half, I do wonder how much of my illness was caused by GMO's and other environmental toxins. It most likely messed with my DNA, causing my own cells to attack each other....causing my connective tissue (what makes up all our organs!) to harden. The basic MO of all auto-immunity is in the anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) found easily in a routine blood lab, if you request it. It's our body developing an attack organism flowing in our blood targeted toward the nucleus of our own otherwise "healthy" cells. In coming years, will research point to GMO's being the culprit behind this nuclear shift in our bodies?
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Since going pure organic and veggie juicing heavily (as well as going gluten-free, changing cook-ware, doing a heavy metal detox, supplements, etc) I have seen my symptoms lift, and better yet, my bloodwork has returned with no evidence of auto-immunity whatsoever. My mainstream docs had predicted I'd be dead in 2-5 years. No--I'd only be dying if I was still eating the usual mainstream American diet. I wonder what they're eating?
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While reading articles on smoking and the health crisis smoking
presented, I see many comparasions. For too many years our great protector, "The Government," never so much as opened it's mouth for a number of years. Yet people were loosing their health, as well as life itself, and the government remained silent. So I guess even now governmental silence is for the greater good, which is to say we are expendable. We the people are the lab rats, and Con-Agra, Tyson, and the rest laugh all the way to the bank.
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Deception is something that works very well, and we as citizens do not have a voice. These giant corporations create commercials to tell us we are safe, and GMOs present no true harm, while at the same time people are becoming victims of never before seen illnesses, or illnesses without an apparent cause. Such as lung cancer, and heart disease, caused by smoking, and the Tobacco Industry continued to say there was no direct cause that could be connected to any illness and smoking, that could be found, and proven. Are we not faced with the same set of circumstances? Are we not being told the exact same LIE by those who advocate GMOs? Tyson is now telling us via packaging labels their chickens are natural, no hormones, antibiotics, or steroids. Notice there is no GMO disclaimer. Something smells here.
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Then there is the fight to keep foods from being labeled as such. Never mind many of our so called trading partners refuse to do business with companies who use GMO foods. Even starving Africa refuses these "Franken Foods."
The informed need to get the word out, to the uninformed, and the world. This is the next big health crisis, preventable health crisis. So read, and speak out tell everyone you know beware "The Franken Food," and this is no joke.
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If you have the land, grow you own food, if not research
and find good honest Organic Farmers as a food source.
The lives of ourselves, our families, and friends are at stake, make some noise.
PS We have the nerve to say we stand for freedom.
What freedom?
Um, I guess the point is that eating gm foods could cause one to become gm too. This is a really terrible consequence of the gmo game that's being played out on "we the victims" here in the U$A and in other countries where the Monsantos of the world hold sway over the governments that are corruptible like ours is. We already have to contend with vaccinations, chemtrails, polluted air, numerous toxic food additives, and our drinking water that's contaminated intentionally with flouride and chlorine (THM's). GMO's add a huge unknown dimension, full of nasty surprises, for us all and our progeny. It seems more and more that population reduction is in full swing.
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We have newspaper headlines, of reduced sperm counts in males due to eating soy products. Increasing reports of rare diseases popping up, females reaching full breast maturity and menses, at ages nine and ten years of age! Great amounts of money for wars and nonsense at all levels of government! Farm subsidies for big corporations, get the big bucks, while the local farmer gets shafted. Pharmaceutical companies paying the FDA budget! Insane acts by seemingly ordinary people! The stories go on and on. Where is this going you ask? Folks as wild as it may seem, there is a tie-in, with all, of what is being said here. Slowly but surely, we are being mutated and genetically altered into what I’ve called FrankenHumans. Now, go ahead, and laugh, all you want. Done? The next step is to apply the same commonsense thinking I’ve also written about in my blogs. So what is the commonsense denominator with all the people in this picture! Drinking water, air, the food supply, and antibiotics. The most draconian is the food supply. Next would be antibiotics. So think what you will, but do give it all some deep thought. Numerous people and web site are ridiculing, any, that question the issues raised here. It’s no laughing matter, when your family is suffering from any of these raised issues. Yes, yes, I know this sounds like so many conspiracy things, floating around. Paranoid rantings on a blog here! Maybe, but just go back to earlier posts, and follow the trail of what was said. Than decide for yourself what is the truth of what has been said.
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Suddenly the little-known germ with the cumbersome name, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is getting lots of attention. People in health care settings, like hospitals and nursing homes, are most at risk for MRSA infections. Doctors and nurses who treat staph-infected patients and then don't carefully wash up can spread the germ to other patients. Germ-contaminated medical devices used on people having dialysis or medical procedures also can spread staph. Older patients and blacks are most at risk, according to the recent report by government researchers. MRSA, pronounced Muhr-suh, has been around for decades and in recent years has spread to schools, prisons and crowded public housing projects. Even healthy people can carry it on their skin. It may look like a pimple or spider bite that doesn't heal, but it can turn deadly if it enters the bloodstream or morphs into a flesh-eating wound. Yet, many infection control experts oppose required testing for it in hospitals. Many note that MRSA is just one of dozens of risky germs that often infect people in hospitals - particularly those with weakened immune systems or open wounds.
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But Lisa McGiffert doesn't buy it. The director of the Consumers Union's campaign to stop hospital infections calls that "an argument of distraction." "Certainly there are other superbugs and they should be tackling those, too," said McGiffert. "To eradicate hospital-acquired infections is going to take a comprehensive effort" that should include testing hospital patients, she said. About 1.7 million Americans each year develop infections from various germs while hospitalized and almost 100,000 of them die, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
MRSA accounts for only about 10 percent of these infections. Other worrisome bugs include C-difficile (an intestinal infection), vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (linked with intestinal, skin and blood infections), and drug-resistant Acinetobacter (which can cause pneumonia, skin and blood infections); none of them accounts for more than 10 percent of hospital infections. MRSA infections have hogged attention, partly because they're on the rise. And, acknowledges the CDC's Dr. John Jernigan, "MRSA likely accounts for a disproportionate amount of illness and death" because of its strength and resistance to mainline antibiotics.
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Genetically modified foods are, from my perception, one of the largest threats that we have against the very sustainability of the human race. Let’s face it, how long can your descendants survive if there isn’t any food to eat? Although Monsanto doesn’t believe this is a possibility, their shortsighted focus on profits is blinding them to the very real threats that this technology is posing to the viability of the human race. Jeffrey Smith does a great job of summarizing his main findings in this fascinating video series, recounting how GMO health problems have indeed been recorded as far back as 1989. At that time, several people started seeking medical attention for severe and puzzling health problems such as:
Severe pain
Hair loss
Memory loss
Muscle weakness, and uncontrollable muscle spasms
Hardening of the skin
Through a series of events, these symptoms were traced back to genetically modified strains of L-tryptophan. Up to 10,000 people were affected and some 100 of them died. Uncovered documents revealed that the FDA knew about these health problems for about five years prior to the “epidemic,” which only became known as an epidemic after the story was published in the New York Times, and people began coming out of the woodwork displaying these symptoms that no one had been able to diagnose before. To illustrate this point – that GMO’s may very well be wreaking havoc with your health and you don’t even know it’s the source of your problems – is the fact that the toxic L-tryptophan was only discovered because its symptoms were acute, rare, and had a very fast onset. These things are what get doctors curious about unearthing the cause. But as Jeffrey Smith points out – what if the damage doesn’t occur overnight? What if the symptoms are milder? Thousands of genetically modified products are now on the market, creating potentially life-threatening problems, but no one knows what to look out for. Why? Because no one knows the full extent of what happens to the end product when you splice in new genes. The only thing that is guaranteed is that it will create surprise side effects… However, according to Smith’s research, what we do know is that between 1994 and 2001 – at the same time as GMO’s flooded the market – food related illnesses DOUBLED.
GMO foods can be:
Allergenic
Toxic
Carcinogenic
Anti-nutritional
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It may also create brand new diseases that we’ve never seen before, in addition to spurring on the disease rate of some we already have, such as cancer. Although the major food giants are carrying on with their claim that GM foods are no different from conventionally grown varieties, the research begs to differ. Here is just a sampling of the unsavory findings associated with GM foods:
GM peas caused lung damage in mice
GM potatoes may cause cancer in rats
Bacteria in your gut can take up DNA from GM food
They may be spurring the creation of weed-killer-resistant superweeds Smith mentions the superior work of Arpad Pusztai, PhD, a (formerly pro-biotech) scientist who was hired to evaluate the safety of GMO food, and then fired for his negative findings and his outspoken criticism of the industry’s shoddy science. Fortunately, he finally managed to get his animal feeding study published in the journal Lancet in 1999 (see the Lancet October 16, 1999;354(9187):1353-4 for the full PDF article).
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Despite the efforts of concerned scientists like Pusztai, you may be surprised to learn that you have a 75 percent chance of picking a food with genetically modified ingredients in the United States. This is because at least seven out of every 10 items have been genetically modified! Many of you probably try to avoid genetically modified foods, but very few know what they really are, since there are no labeling requirements identifying GMO ingredients. To get an idea of how widespread these ingredients are, I recommend taking a look at The GMO Food Guide I published a couple of months ago. Jeffrey Smith’s website www.seedsofdeception.com also gives you a more in-depth overview of GMO laced products, but the four main culprits are:
Soy
Corn
Cottonseed
Canola
The offspring of these products include items such as maltodextrin, soy lecitin, and high fructose corn syrup. Other GMO products include:
Some varieties of zucchini, crookneck squash, and papayas from Hawaii, Milk containing rbGH, Rennet (containing genetically modified enzymes) used to make hard cheeses, Aspartame (NutraSweet)
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What Can You Do?
Along with using the GMO Food Guide and avoiding the products mentioned above, there’s other tricks you that can use to figure out if something is genetically modified in your fresh produce aisles:
Examine produce stickers on the fruits and vegetables you buy. The PLU code for conventionally grown fruit consists of four numbers; organically grown fruit has five numbers prefaced by the number nine; and GM fruit has five numbers prefaced by the number eight.
Buy organic produce as often as you can. By definition, food that is certified organic must be free from all GM organisms. Stay away from all processed foods, as most of these contain corn and soy ingredients.
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Fortunately, as a consumer you do have power. You can choose not to be a victim of deception, and you can choose what you feed your family. Large portions of Europe have already succeeded in squashing GMO’s out of their food supply, forcing food manufacturers to use real ingredients in their European product lines. But here in the U.S. we’re still stuck with it to a very large degree. You can be the change you want to see in America, by educating yourself, spreading the word, and refusing to buy GMO products. Share this article with your friends and family, and if you haven’t yet taken the time to watch The Future of Food, please do so now. It is perhaps one of the most important videos on this subject, and one that everyone in American should watch and pass on to others.
Related Articles:
The Future of Food -- You NEED to Watch This Video!!!
The GMO Food Guide
Monsanto Workers Ban GMO Foods From Their Own Cafeteria
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The REAL Reasons You Want to Avoid Genetically Modified Foods In this lecture, Jeffrey Smith, author of Seeds of Deception, summarizes the contents of his book, which explains how genetically modified foods cause health problems, and their potential for creating a vast array of unforeseen and surprising illnesses. He also sheds light on how the corruption within the U.S. government, the FDA, and the GMO industry has allowed, and perpetuated, the cover-up.
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Dr. Mercola's Comments:
Genetically modified foods are, from my perception, one of the largest
threats that we have against the very sustainability of the human race. Let’s face it, how long can your descendants survive if there isn’t any food to eat?
Although Monsanto doesn’t believe this is a possibility, their shortsighted focus on profits is blinding them to the very real threats that this technology is posing to the viability of the human race. Jeffrey Smith does a great job of summarizing his main findings in this fascinating video series, recounting how GMO health problems have indeed been recorded as far back as 1989. At that time, several people started seeking medical attention for severe and puzzling health problems such as:
Severe pain
Hair loss
Memory loss
Muscle weakness, and uncontrollable muscle spasms
Hardening of the skin
Through a series of events, these symptoms were traced back to genetically modified strains of L-tryptophan. Up to 10,000 people were affected and some 100 of them died. Uncovered documents revealed that the FDA knew about these health problems for about five years prior to the “epidemic,” which only became known as an epidemic after the story was published in the New York Times, and people began coming out of the woodwork displaying these symptoms that no one had been able to diagnose before.
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To illustrate this point – that GMO’s may very well be wreaking havoc with your health and you don’t even know it’s the source of your problems – is the fact that the toxic L-tryptophan was only discovered because its symptoms were acute, rare, and had a very fast onset. These things are what get doctors curious about unearthing the cause. But as Jeffrey Smith points out – what if the damage doesn’t occur overnight? What if the symptoms are milder? Thousands of genetically modified products are now on the market, creating potentially life-threatening problems, but no one knows what to look out for.
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Why? Because no one knows the full extent of what happens to the end product when you splice in new genes. The only thing that is guaranteed is that it will create surprise side effects… However, according to Smith’s research, what we do know is that between 1994 and 2001 – at the same time as GMO’s flooded the market – food related illnesses DOUBLED.
GMO foods can be:
Allergenic
Toxic
Carcinogenic
Anti-nutritional
It may also create brand new diseases that we’ve never seen before, in addition to spurring on the disease rate of some we already have, such as cancer.
Although the major food giants are carrying on with their claim that GM foods are no different from conventionally grown varieties, the research begs to differ. Here is just a sampling of the unsavory findings associated with GM foods:
GM peas caused lung damage in mice
GM potatoes may cause cancer in rats
Bacteria in your gut can take up DNA from GM food
They may be spurring the creation of weed-killer-resistant superweeds Smith mentions the superior work of Arpad Pusztai, PhD, a (formerly pro-biotech) scientist who was hired to evaluate the safety of GMO food, and then fired for his negative findings and his outspoken criticism of the industry’s shoddy science. Fortunately, he finally managed to get his animal feeding study published in the journal Lancet in 1999 (see the Lancet October 16, 1999;354(9187):1353-4 for the full PDF article). Despite the efforts of concerned scientists like Pusztai, you may be surprised to learn that you have a 75 percent chance of picking a food with genetically modified ingredients in the United States. This is because at least seven out of every 10 items have been genetically modified! Many of you probably try to avoid genetically modified foods, but very few know what they really are, since there are no labeling requirements identifying GMO ingredients. To get an idea of how widespread these ingredients are, I recommend taking a look at The GMO Food Guide I published a couple of months ago. Jeffrey Smith’s website www.seedsofdeception.com also gives you a more in-depth overview of GMO laced products, but the four main culprits are:
Soy
Corn
Cottonseed
Canola
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The offspring of these products include items such as maltodextrin, soy lecitin, and high fructose corn syrup.
Other GMO products include:
Some varieties of zucchini,
crookneck squash,
and papayas from Hawaii
Milk containing rbGH
Rennet (containing genetically modified enzymes)
used to make hard cheeses
Aspartame (NutraSweet)
What Can You Do?
Along with using the GMO Food Guide and avoiding the products
mentioned above, there’s other tricks you that can use to figure out if something is genetically modified in your fresh produce aisles: Examine produce stickers on the fruits and vegetables you buy. The PLU code for conventionally grown fruit consists of four numbers; organically grown fruit has five numbers prefaced by the number nine; and GM fruit has five numbers prefaced by the number eight. Buy organic produce as often as you can. By definition, food that is certified organic must be free from all GM organisms. Stay away from all processed foods, as most of these contain corn and soy ingredients.
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Fortunately, as a consumer you do have power. You can choose not to be a victim of deception, and you can choose what you feed your family. Large portions of Europe have already succeeded in squashing GMO’s out of their food supply, forcing food manufacturers to use real ingredients in their European product lines. But here in the U.S. we’re still stuck with it to a very large degree. You can be the change you want to see in America, by educating yourself, spreading the word, and refusing to buy GMO products.
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Share this article with your friends and family, and if you haven’t yet taken the time to watch The Future of Food, please do so now. It is perhaps one of the most important videos on this subject, and one that everyone in American should watch and pass on to others.
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Related Articles:
The Future of Food -- You NEED to Watch This Video!!!
The GMO Food Guide
Monsanto Workers Ban GMO Foods From Their Own Cafeteria
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There is another very good reason for resisting GMO in addition to health concerns and is this: You cannot patent a naturally occuring organism. Anyone, for instance can grow and sell tomatoes but if someone creates a special genetically modified tomato, they own the right to it. Only they can sell it for whatever they can get. If this special tomato crowds out all the natural varieties then there is only one place to go for your tomatoes and then watch the price rise! It is easy to see why such a scenario is attractive to the big food corporations. If they play their cards right they can make the kind of obscene profits the drug companies make. Control and profits is what this is all about, not cheap food. Quite the reverse. The big corporations already have enough control over our lives, don't let them control your food supply. Here is the UK we resisted the introduction of GMO foods but we wouldn't buy them, the supermarkets had to stop selling them and the government had to stop trying to force them down our throats. You in the US must do the same not only for your helath but for your freedom to choose what to eat.
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When I read this I wondered if GMO was the most serious issue to our health/environment. "Under the Bush new Police State, freedom of speech and assembly have been replaced with arrest and detention. The new presidential signing statements , give the govt. the freedom to declare anyone an enemy combatant or terrorist and intimidate and arrest anyone who protests anything this government is doing, without due process of law (HABEAS CORPUS). It's happening all over the country and will only get worse when Bush declares Martial Law and opens the detention camps to us citizen who protest in any way, the fascist dictatorship that has beCOME theocratic America. The ACLU has it's work cut out for itself, but it will be like shoveling coal against the tide.
I'm no expert, but in the UK we have fought off this sickness called GMO as far as possible.It keeps comiong bacK though. Even organic foods can't be certified below(I think) 0.9% contamination by GMO due to leaching across plant boundaries. Modified starch is in a lot of stuff-and recently the broader issue has been raised again for consideration.'They' are persistent...so should opponents be the same. Gov'ts have been lax over asbestos,nuclear waste from tests,flouride in water ( THE most precious commodity on the 'good' earth') and smoking risks for decades.
What's new?
PS I have a cigar sometimes...my risk , btw!
The only good thing is we don't have 1000's killed every day as in WW1 - but I doubt the dead/ injured from then would have fought for our current system- had they known what the legacy would be.
Nanny (corporate) state climbs into every aspect of our lives these days..and the only defence is for people to deal for themselves- or be used .
It's hard work ,fighting back- but go to it people !!
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Do any of the readers have micro chips in their animals?
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Besides the GMO attacks on farmers and consumers, they are also looking at the possibility of forced Animal Identification and human identification. NAIS should alarm everyone. If USDA is allowed to continue with NAIS, small/private farmers, homesteaders, hobbyists will drop their animals like hot potatoes. Some have already, sadly, preferring to give up their animals rather than fight.
All of these issues are connected. It begs a much larger social question. Can we form communities around our farmers to protect them and our food sources?
Is cooperative intentional community the direction we need to move? While I believe all the suggestions are a great start, I don't think we can stop there. Our way of living and thinking must change and it must change to include "the other" The other's point of view out of compassion. In community with and for each other. Farmers need our help or buying local/organic won't be an option. A final thought: "Even evil must serve the good. It takes a stand against the working of the divine and yet it cannot do otherwise than intensify, through resistance, the effectiveness of the good".
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Having dealt with a mysterious, undiagnosable but disabling "autoimmune disorder" over the last year and a half, I do wonder how much of my illness was caused by GMO's and other environmental toxins. It most likely messed with my DNA, causing my own cells to attack each other....causing my connective tissue (what makes up all our organs!) to harden. The basic MO of all auto-immunity is in the anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) found easily in a routine blood lab, if you request it. It's our body developing an attack organism flowing in our blood targeted toward the nucleus of our own otherwise "healthy" cells. In coming years, will research point to GMO's being the culprit behind this nuclear shift in our bodies?
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Since going pure organic and veggie juicing heavily (as well as going gluten-free, changing cook-ware, doing a heavy metal detox, supplements, etc) I have seen my symptoms lift, and better yet, my bloodwork has returned with no evidence of auto-immunity whatsoever. My mainstream docs had predicted I'd be dead in 2-5 years. No--I'd only be dying if I was still eating the usual mainstream American diet. I wonder what they're eating?
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While reading articles on smoking and the health crisis smoking
presented, I see many comparasions. For too many years our great protector, "The Government," never so much as opened it's mouth for a number of years. Yet people were loosing their health, as well as life itself, and the government remained silent. So I guess even now governmental silence is for the greater good, which is to say we are expendable. We the people are the lab rats, and Con-Agra, Tyson, and the rest laugh all the way to the bank.
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Deception is something that works very well, and we as citizens do not have a voice. These giant corporations create commercials to tell us we are safe, and GMOs present no true harm, while at the same time people are becoming victims of never before seen illnesses, or illnesses without an apparent cause. Such as lung cancer, and heart disease, caused by smoking, and the Tobacco Industry continued to say there was no direct cause that could be connected to any illness and smoking, that could be found, and proven. Are we not faced with the same set of circumstances? Are we not being told the exact same LIE by those who advocate GMOs? Tyson is now telling us via packaging labels their chickens are natural, no hormones, antibiotics, or steroids. Notice there is no GMO disclaimer. Something smells here.
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Then there is the fight to keep foods from being labeled as such. Never mind many of our so called trading partners refuse to do business with companies who use GMO foods. Even starving Africa refuses these "Franken Foods."
The informed need to get the word out, to the uninformed, and the world. This is the next big health crisis, preventable health crisis. So read, and speak out tell everyone you know beware "The Franken Food," and this is no joke.
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If you have the land, grow you own food, if not research
and find good honest Organic Farmers as a food source.
The lives of ourselves, our families, and friends are at stake, make some noise.
PS We have the nerve to say we stand for freedom.
What freedom?
Um, I guess the point is that eating gm foods could cause one to become gm too. This is a really terrible consequence of the gmo game that's being played out on "we the victims" here in the U$A and in other countries where the Monsantos of the world hold sway over the governments that are corruptible like ours is. We already have to contend with vaccinations, chemtrails, polluted air, numerous toxic food additives, and our drinking water that's contaminated intentionally with flouride and chlorine (THM's). GMO's add a huge unknown dimension, full of nasty surprises, for us all and our progeny. It seems more and more that population reduction is in full swing.
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Disclaimer: The entire contents of this website are based upon the opinions of Dr. Mercola, unless otherwise noted. Individual articles are based upon the opinions of the respective author, who retains copyright as marked. The information on this website is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified health care professional and is not intended as medical advice. It is intended as a sharing of knowledge and information from the research and experience of Dr. Mercola and his community. Dr. Mercola encourages you to make your own health care decisions based upon your research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional.
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Sunday, October 21, 2007
# 118 The Daily Deadly Diet and You!
Interesterified Soybean oil and Aspartame.
Aspartame I've already posted on, about it's detrimental health effects.The new and deadly threat, Interesterified oils, is a new hazard.Posted here are parts of various articles on these two products.
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The new fat that's worse than trans fat Better Nutrition, April, 2007 by Jack Challem Just about everyone knows that trans fats are bad news when it comes to boosting cholesterol and heart disease risk. But their replacement--known as interesterified fats--are even more dangerous, according to a study in the January 2007 journal Nutrition & Metabolism
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INTERESTERIFIED FAT -when ‘No Trans Fat’ is worse Interest + terrified = interesterified fat?
Barely have consumers - and health authorities - woken up to the dangers of trans fats when we are now told of a new, possibly greater threat.
The new substance to watch out for is interesterified fat.
Huh? What's this?
First, let me tell you how I remember the spelling of this word - combine together “interest” and “terrified” but spell “terrified” with only one “r”. Actually, it is made up of the words “inter” and the chemical term “esterified”, meaning “formed into ester”.
Basically, it is an attempt by food scientists to produce oils with “no trans fats”.
What they do is hydrogenate the oils fully. The oils become fully saturated and there are no trans fats left. But fully hydrogenated oil is hard and inedible. So the smart aleck scientists mix it with liquid oils and put it through other chemical processes to create a semi-solid grease like margarine and vegetable shortening. Read the rest at ( sites listed at bottom of page )
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Urgent Research Update from The Douglass Report
"Beyond a shadow of a doubt, aspartame triggers brain tumors…"--
Dr. M. Adrian Gross, former senior FDA toxicologist
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The Sweetest Scandal in the History of American Health
(BALTIMORE, JULY 2007) The shocking truth of how a political "favor" got the government to approve this poison -- and why aspartame is making us sicker and fatter than good old sugar ever could!
Ever wonder what our former Secretary of Defense did before he got into politics? Well years ago, he was the fearless leader of a company called GD Searle Corp. that developed a "miracle sweetener" called aspartame. (Yes, the very same stuff contained in those little blue packets.)
For years, this company tried in vain to get aspartame approved. But no one wanted to go near the stuff! The FDA refused to approve it for 16 years. In fact, according to a report I recently uncovered, the late Dr. M. Adrian Gross, a former senior FDA toxicologist, stated in his testimony before Congress:
"Beyond a shadow of a doubt, aspartame triggers brain tumors"and, "therefore, by allowing aspartame to be placed on the market the FDA has violated the Delaney Amendment, which forbids putting anything in food that is know to cause cancer...And if the FDA itself elects to violates its own the law, who is left to protect the health of the public?"
But wait, it gets worse...
In the early '80s, "Rummy the Magnificent" moved into the political arena. And one of the first moves he made was to appoint a new FDA commissioner. And guess what he did? In 1981, the new appointee approved aspartame for the good old boys back at GD Searle...despite the clinically proven dangers.
Before long, aspartame was everywhere, from soda to salad dressing!
Now let's look at what it's "contributed" to America's health...
92 reasons why aspartame makes sugar look like a "good guy"...
For starters, medical authorities estimate that aspartame has brought more complaints to the FDA than any other additive. In fact, it's responsible for as many as 75 percent of such complaints to that agency. And, after receiving some 10,000 consumer complaints, the FDA compiled a list of 92 symptoms linked to aspartame -- including death.
Headaches, memory loss, seizures, vision loss, coma, and cancer. It also appears to worsen or mimic the symptoms of such conditions as fibromyalgia, MS, lupus, ADD, diabetes, Alzheimer's, chronic fatigue, and depression...
Why so many? It could be because aspartame attacks your body at the cellular level so it can negate all kinds of medications Americans take, including antidepressants, Coumadin, cardiac drugs, hormones, insulin, vaccines, and many others.
It is a deadly neurotoxic drug masquerading as a harmless additive.
And to add insult to injury...
Aspartame could makes you hungrier and fatter!
One medical investigator, Dr. H. J. Roberts, even concludes that aspartame has caused our obesity epidemic. He gives evidence that this "guilt-free" sweetener secretly makes you crave carbohydrates which, of course, make you gain weight.
How? Possibly it may trigger or over stimulate the stomach's production of ghrelin, also known as the "hunger hormone." If this hypothesis turns out to be correct, it will help to explain why all those "diet" sodas have never been much help in weight reduction. (In fact, just the opposite!)
So why is the media mum?
Simple. Because professional organizations and their publications have all been bought off.
By who? The food giants. They all use this inexpensive impostor in huge quantities for their colas, desserts, candies, and other junk foods. And they're the ones who have financed a raft of studies "proving" the safety of aspartame.
So what's safe and actually TASTES GOOD?
I can hear you asking: "Ok, so what can I sprinkle into my coffee?"
Let's run through the usual suspects then I'll tell you what I've been using...
SUGAR: A spoonful once in a while is fine, but in time, too much sugar can lead to diabetes, which will lead to heart disease, renal disease, peripheral vascular disease, diabetic retinitis (blindness), diabetic peripheral neuropathy and the list goes on and on. (Even so, next to aspartame, sugar looks almost attractive!)
SUCRALOSE: A very dangerous new chemical -- because in order to make sucralose, chlorine is added to sugar! Ever spilled chlorine bleach on your skin? No wonder that research by the Sucralose Toxicity Information Center showed that years of sucralose use can lead to serious compromise of the immune system and neurological disorders.
SACCHARINE: Yuck. Despite those famous animal studies, I actually don't count saccharine as much of a cancer threat to humans. But face it, saccharine tastes like the chemical experiment it is. Enough said.
STEVIA: Yes, it's natural. Yes, it's safe. But no, it tastes nothing like sugar. Okay for some, but not in my coffee!
XYLITOL: Almost gets a perfect score. Natural, tastes like sugar, good for your teeth, doesn't spike blood sugar. On the down side, it gives some folks the trots.
AND THE WINNER IS:
You've probably never heard of it. It's called erythritol. And here's the best news: erythritol is natural, virtually calorie-free, tastes like sugar, doesn't affect blood sugar or insulin levels, reduces dental plaque -- and unlike xylitol, has no laxative side-effects. Available as Smart Sweet, it gets the Dr. Douglass nod!
The food giants would certainly like to keep these discoveries hush-hush. But now that you know the facts, you can kiss those killer awful blueblue packets good-bye forever. And satisfy that sweet tooth with a yummy, natural, safe alternative.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING as an undeniable medical fact!
As you’ll see below, medicine just doesn’t work that way. You’re not a number, you’re a human being. The most unpredictable thing in creation...
But the powers that be-the puffed-up politicos, greedy mega-corporations and profit-obsessed pharmaceutical companies won’t have you believe it for a second. They want you to be like a dog on a leash. The minute the dog starts to think for themselves and do some exploring, the leash gets jerked back. Pretty soon, the dog stops exploring, content to go where his leader lets him.
That’s why I’m writing to you today. When it comes to your health, the leash the big shots want you on is a short one, indeed! They’re obscuring the real facts, covering up the truth so they can rob you blind. But it doesn’t have to be that way… By eating REAL FOOD, taking a few (cheap!) supplements that make you STRONGER, and doing some shockingly PLEASURABLE things that “everyone knows” can’t be healthy!
First we’ll throw out the confusing information purveyed by the “diet Nazis.” Here’s what I mean:
One of the most-maligned foods on the planet is the All-American hot dog. But that doesn’t mean they deserve the bad rap they’ve been given.
And as it turns out, sodium nitrate (the chemical used to preserve and color hot dogs and other meats) may have a beneficial effect on all the body’s organs-heart, brain, lungs, everywhere the blood flows. Sodium nitrate seems to have the ability to guard your cells against hypoxia (lack of oxygen).
Yet, despite these findings, people still have it in for the delicious dogs. Although the Associated Press reported the findings, it still warned “it doesn’t mean artery-clogging hot dogs are healthy.”
The point I’m trying to make is that it steams me to no end when the media makes sweeping pronouncements about nutrition, usually gleaned by so-called experts like the EPA or the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The truth is, good health is a matter of common sense and having a healthy dose of cynicism about what the “authorities” have to say about what’s good for you--and what’s not.
If you’re like me, you have little tolerance for crap in any area of your life. So why should that be any different when it comes to your health? Just look at my non-nonsense way to:
SLASH YOUR RISK OFALZHEIMER’S OVERNIGHT
It’s really easy. Starting tomorrow, drink no tap water. Not because of industrial pollution, but because of chemicals that “health authorities” are adding to your water. For example...
People who warned against FLUORIDATION used to be ridiculed, but guess what? In Scandinavia, in fact all of Europe, and nearly every other medically advanced nation, they have now banned the practice.
Know why? Because fluoride makes your body absorb extra aluminum. And where does the aluminum go? Your brain. And what metal shows up alarmingly in the brains of Alzheimer’s victims? You guessed it. (Hmm...Maybe our health authorities have been drinking too much water?)
INCREDIBLY FRIGHTENING CANCER MYTHS that you can stop worrying about right now
If you don’t want cancer, don’t believe anyone who tells you:
“ELECTRIC BLANKETS GIVE YOU CANCER.” Know how this myth got canonized? Instead of commissioning new research, a public health authority put the question to a VOTE. (NEWS FLASH: you can’t change the laws of nature by voting.) Yet even these geniuses freely admit that more than 500 existing studies show ZERO compelling evidence of electric fields causing cancer. Rest easy and while you’re at it, enjoy your heating pad again.
“HIGH FAT DIETS CAUSE BREAST CANCER.” Fat phobia may be the height of fashion, but it’s JUNK MEDICINE. Researchers studied 88,795 women over the course of 14 years, and what did they find? Not one sign that high-fat diets promote breast cancer. And not one hint that low-fat diets protect you.
“DDT CAUSES CANCER.” Says WHO? Check the record. Back in the 1970s, the Environmental Protection Agency examiner summed up 9,000 pages of research by flatly declaring, “DDT is not a carcinogenic hazard to man.” He also emphasized that it doesn’t harm fish, birds or other wildlife. Despite this open-and-shut case, his boss, EPA head William Ruckleshaus went ahead and banned DDT. Aides later said he never read even one page of the studies. He had helped to hatch the DDT scare and couldn’t bring himself to admit he was wrong. The worldwide witch-hunt against DDT hasn’t saved one peregrine falcon. But it has unquestionably murdered tens of millions of human children in tropical nations, who continue to die from malaria, Dengue fever, yellow fever and other mosquito-borne plagues.
And speaking of witch hunts, there are other ways the powers that be are trying to control your health. I’ve made it my mission to help you…
Stay SAFE by STAYING OUT of the vicious drug cycle designed to keep you sick!!
This one is sure to get you hot under the collar. I know it had that effect on me!
Recently, Merck & Co. withdrew Vioxx, its COX-2 arthritis drug, from the market after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke. Since then, the company has put out at least four press releases defending the safety of other COX-2 inhibitors.
In case you’re curious, it wasn’t caring doctors who wrote these press releases. No, you are being encouraged to continue taking a dangerous drug by marketers-professionals who are paid to “spin” any story, however controversial, so it comes out smelling like roses. This is science-by-press-release-and it stinks like yesterday’s tuna!
Remember, folks--if I say it, you can count on it. That’s why your subscription to The Douglass Report comes with my “Ultimate Guarantee”. If my advice doesn’t help, you won’t pay a cent, period. It’s that simple--no catch, no deadline, and no further obligation, EVER. Just a 100% refund, right away. It’s interesting to note that Pfizer’s Bextra is now recognized as a dangerous drug and Merck’s Vioxx is off the market for the same reason, but Pfizer’s other COX-2 drug, Celebrex is still being sold to trusting patients all over the world.
Need more convincing that Big Pharma is not your friend and is run by irresponsible lunatics? The arrogant president of Pfizer defended the COX-2 drugs and said in a television interview that, “there should not be a rush to judgment because of the findings.” From where I sit, the “rush to judgment” started with the introduction of these cardio-toxic drugs in the first place!
It truly boggles my mind. Here we are, supposedly the healthiest, wealthiest nation on the planet, and many state health departments continue to churn out a daily flood of lies, half-truths and old wives tales designed to scare us into submission!
Here’s another one I’m just itching to tell you about:
“Milk that’s not pasteurized is a health hazard”
Really? Let’s look at how this myth was spun and how it got poured down the throats of the American public:
If raw milk is so bad for us, how did the human race ever survive before pasteurization? After all, we’ve been milking cows and drinking down the creamy, nutrient-rich results for thousands of years--yet Louis Pasteur’s process (which was originally designed to prevent beer spoilage, mind you) has only been in widespread use for a little more than a century. So what gives?
The answer, of course, is that non-pasteurizedmilk isn’t hazardous at all. It’s just a lot tougher to regulate and make money from it.
Think about it: By legislating against the sale or distribution of raw milk, states force farmers to sell their milk (at a fraction of market value, by the way) to the big milk processors. This creates a “paper trail” on the milk, which can then be used as the basis for collecting tax revenue from those processors--and likely the farmers, too.
And how else could they get away with this kind of shameless money-grubbing except under the guise of a public health concern? It’s just one more example of how your healthy, natural dietary options are being sold down the river by a bunch of dollar-crazed bureaucrat shakedown artists.
The good news is that raw milk is healthierand better for you than pasteurized milk in stores. And it tastes better, too.
Long-time drinkers of vitamin-rich non-pasteurized milk cite increased resistance to colds and flu, weight loss, relief from arthritis pain, plus a whole lot more--and this is not to mention the fuller, truer flavor raw milk drinkers enjoy.
I hope you’re starting to see how the facts about good health-backed by centuries of common sense and doing what feels right--have been obscured all in the name of the almighty dollar.
I’m just barely scratching the surface here. I urge you to open your eyes to what’s really going on with health in this country. I’ll continue to shatter the myths about health that have been sold to you like so much snake oil. As a result…
You’ll work better with your doctor to find safe, effective treatments for whatever ails you. You’ll protect your family’s health by ignoring the health flim-flams that are making them sick. You’ll feel better and maybe even live longer when you take my health advice and finally do what feels right and makes sense. For example, I already told you that it wasn’t bird flu or mysterious airborne bacteria that we all had to worry about, but something much more insidious…
Want to banish HEART DISEASE, CANCER, ARTHRITIS PAIN and more? Then do this right now...
Take all that nagging health advice and TOSS IT IN THE TRASH!
(Summer, 2007) HE’S BEEN CALLED A MAVERICK by vested interests who fear him. But to hundreds of patients and thousands of readers, William Campbell Douglass II, M.D., has long been one of America’s most popular myth-busters, revealing the surprisingly inexpensive and easy road to real health.
Decades ago, when it was unfashionable, he started his crusade against drugs that weaken the immune system, surgery that’s worse than doing nothing-and punishing diets that cause the very conditions they claim to cure. Now his theories have won thousands of followers in the halls of science, but he’s not resting on his laurels. “The wonder,” says Dr. Douglass, “is that it took all these new studies to convince doctors of the very facts their patients knew all along.”
Patients are constantly being told, ‘YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOU.’ What arrogance! Of course they do!
How else did our ancestors survive?
The fact is that most of us could improve our health immediately by ignoring half of the advice we receive. Real health is often simply a matter of doing what feels sensible.
Today, in dozens of new research studies, health authorities are quietly admitting that Dr. Douglass was right all along.But watch out, health establishment! Dr. Douglass is leading the charge again. He’s taking on all the most cherished new falsehoods that make today’s patients miserable...
JUST SAY NO TO THE HEALTH POLICE and feel your miseries fade away
AMERICANS ARE BEING FORCE-FED a diet of vegetables, water and fear. But they’ve got us worried sick about nothing. Just say no to all the unhealthy advice that’s making your life a misery. You’ll feel better instantly, live longer and enjoy all your extra years to the fullest.”
BE A GOOD PATIENT AND EAT YOUR CHOLESTEROL. For more than 20 years, I’ve reminded Americans that cholesterol is not a terrifying toxin, but a life-saving nutrient. Your own body makes it when your foods don’t provide it. And studies now show that if you’re cholesterol-starved, you will raise your risk of massive strokes.
EGG-LOVERS LIVE LONGER. Not only are eggs not guilty of causing heart disease, they’ve been proven to prevent it. That’s right, an enormous study of 800,000 people has shown that egg-eaters have a much lower rate of heart attacks and strokes than egg-avoiders.
THE RAW TRUTH. Go ahead and indulge in steak tartare, and enjoy raw eggs in your mayonnaise and Caesar salad. Raw and rare meat contain life-saving nutrients that overcooking destroys.
WANT TO LIVE LONG AND FEEL STRONG? Tell exercise fanatics to take a hike. To cite just one example, Marathon runners drop dead nearly 200 times more often than their lazier (and smarter!) peers. In your FREE BONUS GIFTS, I’ll show you how to triple your strength, with an exercise program so easy, even 90-year-olds can do it.
If TV promotes it and everyone knows it, YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF A MYTH
WANT TO TRACK DOWN A MEDICAL MYTH? It’s easy! Just follow the money. The more they spend on TV commercials and ads in popular magazines, the more you can be sure the “breakthrough” they’re selling is bogus. But profitable.
Over the course of my 30-plus year medical career, I’ve seen firsthand what works and what doesn’t work regarding both conventional and alternative medicine. And I never cease to be shocked and outraged at how government interference, political red tape and corporate profits can keep ordinary people from having access to the information they need to stay healthy. Information like this: DON’T SWALLOW THE SOY PLOY. Soy producers claim it slashes your cancer risk, cuts your heart disease risk and helps with menopause. But actual research says they’re wrong on all three counts. What soy will do is pump you full of estrogen-mimicking compounds, which can depress your thyroid and make you put on weight. It also contains an acid that blocks your absorption of calcium. (Can you say “osteoporosis”?)
IF THE LABEL SAYS “ENRICHED WITH IRON,” treat it like a poison. Commercials pound it into our heads that we all have “iron poor blood,” but 91% of older Americans are actually getting way too much iron. This is linked to heart disease, cancer and even diabetes. In your FREE BONUS GIFTS, you’ll learn how to remove excess iron from your system!
BREAD AND PASTA are very profitable products to sell. But “carb loading” doesn’t boost athletic performance. Fat and protein do.IT’S TIME TO INSPECT THE MEAT-HATERS and find out who their contributors are. Some of the world’s wealthiest carbohydrate producers-including Con-Agra and Quaker Oats-are “generously supporting” one of America’s best-known diet gurus. And what is his advice? “Eat only complex carbohydrates.” Wow, how surprising.
If a cure is safe, effective and cheap WATCH THEM MAKE IT DISAPPEAR
THIS DOLLAR-A-BOTTLE MIRACLE has been proven to cure drug-resistant pneumonia, clear up colds and flu in 24 hours-and heal many other viral and bacterial diseases as well. It’s called HYDROGEN PEROXIDE THERAPY. But it won’t make billions for any drug firm because the stuff is practically free. Let me take you behind the scenes, and show you the stunning scientific facts.
AT THE FAMED PASTEUR INSTITUTE in St. Petersburg, Russia, I worked alongside doctors who routinely healed patients of deadly infectious diseases without any antibiotics, using nothing more than the germ-killing power of ultraviolet light. Yet ironically, this life-saving therapy called photoluminescence was perfected here in America, back before World War II! After the discovery of penicillin, it fell out of widespread use. Today, of course, we need it more than ever. But the technology is in the public domain, so it won’t make big money for anyone and vested interests are trying to have it banned. Americans need to know the facts and they’re all in your FREE BONUS REPORTS.
Corruption is theREAL medical epidemic!
Corruption has become so endemic and intellectual integrity so compromised in pharmaceutical research that drug companies and their collaborators in government (and universities) can now get away with open fraud.
The Journal of the American Medical Association researched the connection between authors of clinical guidelines and the pharmaceutical industry. Over HALF received financial support from the pharmaceutical industry to conduct research. And 38% served as employees or consultants for a pharmaceutical company. Hmm…so how do you suppose they rated the drug?
This represents a MASSIVE CON, a criminal fraud perpetrated on you and me, and the American public, engineered behind closed doors by the fake food industry and the pharmaceutical conglomerates. Both have so much money to spread around Washington that they practically OWN Congress, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health. To heck with the public health and welfare--their goal is to get everyone hooked on prescription drugs and manufactured, plastic food.
The saddest fact of all is that the medical profession is falling for it, allowing itself to be manipulated into acting as an accessory to this crime. It’s terrible!
Health conspiracies are everywhere you look-on TV, in many mainstream newspapers and all over the Internet. Here’s another one that really gets my goat:
Attack of the Sun-Haters!
No matter how much evidence has surfaced exonerating the sun from its wrongful status in the mainstream as a carcinogen rivaling dioxin or red dye #2, some just won’t see the light.
According to a recent Reuters online article, vitamin supplements alone are all anyone needs for adequate vitamin D intake--and that sun exposure is nothing but harmful and a major cancer risk.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m a huge fan of vitamin supplementation, even for vitamin D. But of all the vitamins you can take every day, D is probably the least likely to absorb fully and properly into the blood from simple supplementation alone. You NEED sunlight to spur your body’s production of it.
If vitamin D is proven to promote health, yet it doesn’t effectively express itself in your body from diet and/or supplementation, then how’s it helping the people it’s helping?
The answer, of course, is sunlight exposure.
Like I’ve said, the assumptions we’ve been fed about our health are largely untrue. For example, most people think that women only need healthy estrogen levels to be healthy, but the truth is…
The heart-healthy hormone most women need is TESTOSTERONE
Forget what everyone told you about “male” and “female” hormones. As any first-year medical student should know, both women and men produce all the very same types of sex hormones.
It’s just the proportion that’s different. Healthy women produce more estrogen and progesterone...men make more testosterone...but all of us need some of each to stay healthy.
Testosterone, not estrogen, is the hormone that keeps your heart strong. If you’re a woman over 50, there’s a good chance your levels are too low (just as men over 50).
In your FREE BONUS GIFTS I’ll give you full details about the NATURAL HORMONE THERAPY that combines all the hormones a woman needs. And how to find a doctor with expertise in this neglected field.
Now what about men? Well, don’t let anyone tell you that “MEN HAVE TOO MUCH TESTOSTERONE.” Because...
What doctors don’t tell you about testosterone isn’t just stealing your potency. IT’S KILLINGMILLIONS OF MEN EVERY YEAR
Studies show that many American men over 40 actually suffer a dangerous testosterone deficiency. Yet doctors typically don’t even test for it, because they too are victims of JUNK MEDICINE:
EVERYONE THINKS that testosterone causes heart disease. Yet the research shows it’s a fabulous treatment and may even prevent strokes. EVERYONE FEARS that testosterone promotes prostate disease. Yet studies show that both benign swelling and cancer typically strike older men, with declining testosterone levels. EVERYONE ASSUMES that the state-of-the-science treatment for impotence is Viagra. While it can help, all-natural testosterone can make you feel and perform like a 21-year-old again. And, a combination of the two...wow! In your FREE BONUS GIFTS, I’ll give you my 60-SECOND SELF TEST for checking your own testosterone levels. And I’ll show you several exciting new ways to boost or DOUBLE your own natural testosterone levels quite safely, just by stimulating your body to make more.
ASPIRIN-HarmlessOr Hazardous?
Remember a couple of years ago, when an aspirin a day was thought to be a heart tonic? Popping a “harmless” white pill each day for thinner blood and a healthier heart was all the rage, and many doctors still recommend it. Not this one, though…
In fact, more than 2 years ago I sounded the alarm about the deadly risks of “aspirin therapy,” citing a University of Maryland Medical Center study in which blood platelet clumping--which can lead to heart attacks--was noted in 64% of daily aspirin-takers whose blood cholesterol levels were considered by modern medical standards as too high (LDL over 130, which leaves out relatively few Americans.)
To recap, if this University of Maryland study is correct, a daily aspirin INCREASES the risk of coronary events in people with healthy (and normal) LDL cholesterol levels of 180, 200, or more.
Yes, you read that right: anyone with an LDL cholesterol number LOWER than 200 risks serious heart problems. In fact, I don’t caution anyone to worry about cholesterol at all until their LDL hits 300 or more.
Now, let me tell you how to REALLY…Protect yourself from the world’s #1 Killer:
Everyone thinks that today’s biggest threats to your life are heart disease and cancer, but surprise...
Germs are back on top again, as a very worried AMA revealed at a conference not long ago.
People who check into hospitals for treatment of other conditions are dying of bacterial pneumonia that antibiotics can’t touch. Tuberculosis has returned to America in drug-resistant strains. New strains of colds are lasting for months and doctors are publicly worrying that the killer flu which wiped out 20 million people back in 1919 could be reborn any time now...
But cheer up, because despite what everyone tells you...
Antibiotics are not our most powerful weaponagainst infectious disease
They’re just the most profitable for drug companies. Right now, however, we already possess an alternative that can blast all the diseases mentioned above and many more to kingdom come.
It’s safe, backed by decades of solid research, and boy is it ever cheap. You can buy it at drugstores everywhere for 65¢ a bottle. So what is this amazing miracle-in-a-bottle?
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
Go ahead and laugh if you like, but what follows is no joke:
DID YOU KNOW that your own white blood cells produce hydrogen peroxide? Yes they do. Lots of it.
KNOW WHY? Because that’s how they kill invading germs. It’s your body’s first and best defense against any infection. Kills bacteria, viruses, yeast, parasites-all the bad guys.
DON’T BELIEVE ME? Look it up. (Try the Encyclopedia Britannica website. Check the info on “granulocytes.” See? I told you so.) BUT HOW? The hydrogen peroxide molecule (H202) is basically water (H20) with an extra oxygen atom attached. When that oxygen gets released against germs, it “oxidizes” them. Poof, they’re goners.
And this shockingly cheap therapy was a real health miracle for my patients in Africa, where the ungodly high cost of drugs condemns millions to death every year.
So how do drug companies get away with selling expensive antibiotics, when we’ve got this stuff that’s nearly free? You’d call me paranoid if I told you. But I’ll tell you anyway in your FREE BONUS GIFTS, plus how to find a doctor skilled in this secret miracle.
I’ll explain how it’s done in your FREE BONUS REPORTS, along with some very nifty “minor” applications. It can be used topically to clear up sinus infections, erase benign moles and even clear up periodontitis without surgery. No kidding. You’ll see.
Getting intrigued? I’m just warming up...
I’d love to brief you on many more JUNK MEDICINE MYTHS to avoid and real health breakthroughs that truly deliver the goods, but I’m out of space. So why not scratch that itch in the back of your mind, sign up for your FREE BONUS GIFTS and find out all about:
THE FIBER FRAUD. Doctors were getting positively hysterical about your colon. Fiber this, fiber that. Now it appears that some kinds of fiber can trigger precancerous growths...
HOW TO THROW OFF FATIGUE by throwing out your vitamin C pills and taking the world’s most un-hyped vitamin instead.
VITAMIN “O” AND OTHER JOKES that masquerade as alternative medicine. They say you eat this stuff and it floods your body with oxygen. EAT oxygen? You may as well try to breathe food.
POWER NAPPING FOR FUN AND PROFIT. Napping is fabulous medicine and now you can make it an even more bountiful fountain of health. Winston Churchill, Thomas Edison, Napoleon, JFK and other human dynamos shared this sleepy little secret that can make you smarter, sexier and more productive. ...and there’s so much more I’m longing to tell you that will make you stop dreading the word “health” and start feeling fantastic. Just sign up for your 5 FREE BONUS GIFTS now! You’ll get full details about all the pointlessly punishing MYTHS and life-transforming REAL BREAKTHROUGHS mentioned above, plus hundreds more.
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The Douglass Report IS DIFFERENT. I reveal the ridiculous truth about the latest JUNK MEDICINE MYTHS and hand you amazingly EASY AND PLEASANT new ways to free yourself and your loved ones from pain and disease.
It’s time you stopped being led astray by health organizations that don’t have your best interests at heart. You’re smarter than they are. Will you please let me put the power of all these real health breakthroughs into your hands right now?
Don’t let self-righteous health sadists feed you any more lies…just give your body what it’s begging for!
The road to real health means making your own choices and not just accepting what the health establishment says you “should” do. It’s been my mission to expose the hypocrisy that’s running rampant in today’s health system. If you follow my advice, I promise you’ll notice illness, pain and weakness fade away like a bad dream. You’ll see!
It’s always been nature’s way and it’s today’s REAL cutting-edge in modern medicine.
Doesn’t this easy new road to real healthmake more sense thanBEATING YOURSELF UP FOR NOTHING?
Walk away from the health lies and into the sunlight...
And find out how sweet it feels to savor real health!
Sincerely,
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.Editor
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Aspartame I've already posted on, about it's detrimental health effects.The new and deadly threat, Interesterified oils, is a new hazard.Posted here are parts of various articles on these two products.
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The new fat that's worse than trans fat Better Nutrition, April, 2007 by Jack Challem Just about everyone knows that trans fats are bad news when it comes to boosting cholesterol and heart disease risk. But their replacement--known as interesterified fats--are even more dangerous, according to a study in the January 2007 journal Nutrition & Metabolism
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INTERESTERIFIED FAT -when ‘No Trans Fat’ is worse Interest + terrified = interesterified fat?
Barely have consumers - and health authorities - woken up to the dangers of trans fats when we are now told of a new, possibly greater threat.
The new substance to watch out for is interesterified fat.
Huh? What's this?
First, let me tell you how I remember the spelling of this word - combine together “interest” and “terrified” but spell “terrified” with only one “r”. Actually, it is made up of the words “inter” and the chemical term “esterified”, meaning “formed into ester”.
Basically, it is an attempt by food scientists to produce oils with “no trans fats”.
What they do is hydrogenate the oils fully. The oils become fully saturated and there are no trans fats left. But fully hydrogenated oil is hard and inedible. So the smart aleck scientists mix it with liquid oils and put it through other chemical processes to create a semi-solid grease like margarine and vegetable shortening. Read the rest at ( sites listed at bottom of page )
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Urgent Research Update from The Douglass Report
"Beyond a shadow of a doubt, aspartame triggers brain tumors…"--
Dr. M. Adrian Gross, former senior FDA toxicologist
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The Sweetest Scandal in the History of American Health
(BALTIMORE, JULY 2007) The shocking truth of how a political "favor" got the government to approve this poison -- and why aspartame is making us sicker and fatter than good old sugar ever could!
Ever wonder what our former Secretary of Defense did before he got into politics? Well years ago, he was the fearless leader of a company called GD Searle Corp. that developed a "miracle sweetener" called aspartame. (Yes, the very same stuff contained in those little blue packets.)
For years, this company tried in vain to get aspartame approved. But no one wanted to go near the stuff! The FDA refused to approve it for 16 years. In fact, according to a report I recently uncovered, the late Dr. M. Adrian Gross, a former senior FDA toxicologist, stated in his testimony before Congress:
"Beyond a shadow of a doubt, aspartame triggers brain tumors"and, "therefore, by allowing aspartame to be placed on the market the FDA has violated the Delaney Amendment, which forbids putting anything in food that is know to cause cancer...And if the FDA itself elects to violates its own the law, who is left to protect the health of the public?"
But wait, it gets worse...
In the early '80s, "Rummy the Magnificent" moved into the political arena. And one of the first moves he made was to appoint a new FDA commissioner. And guess what he did? In 1981, the new appointee approved aspartame for the good old boys back at GD Searle...despite the clinically proven dangers.
Before long, aspartame was everywhere, from soda to salad dressing!
Now let's look at what it's "contributed" to America's health...
92 reasons why aspartame makes sugar look like a "good guy"...
For starters, medical authorities estimate that aspartame has brought more complaints to the FDA than any other additive. In fact, it's responsible for as many as 75 percent of such complaints to that agency. And, after receiving some 10,000 consumer complaints, the FDA compiled a list of 92 symptoms linked to aspartame -- including death.
Headaches, memory loss, seizures, vision loss, coma, and cancer. It also appears to worsen or mimic the symptoms of such conditions as fibromyalgia, MS, lupus, ADD, diabetes, Alzheimer's, chronic fatigue, and depression...
Why so many? It could be because aspartame attacks your body at the cellular level so it can negate all kinds of medications Americans take, including antidepressants, Coumadin, cardiac drugs, hormones, insulin, vaccines, and many others.
It is a deadly neurotoxic drug masquerading as a harmless additive.
And to add insult to injury...
Aspartame could makes you hungrier and fatter!
One medical investigator, Dr. H. J. Roberts, even concludes that aspartame has caused our obesity epidemic. He gives evidence that this "guilt-free" sweetener secretly makes you crave carbohydrates which, of course, make you gain weight.
How? Possibly it may trigger or over stimulate the stomach's production of ghrelin, also known as the "hunger hormone." If this hypothesis turns out to be correct, it will help to explain why all those "diet" sodas have never been much help in weight reduction. (In fact, just the opposite!)
So why is the media mum?
Simple. Because professional organizations and their publications have all been bought off.
By who? The food giants. They all use this inexpensive impostor in huge quantities for their colas, desserts, candies, and other junk foods. And they're the ones who have financed a raft of studies "proving" the safety of aspartame.
So what's safe and actually TASTES GOOD?
I can hear you asking: "Ok, so what can I sprinkle into my coffee?"
Let's run through the usual suspects then I'll tell you what I've been using...
SUGAR: A spoonful once in a while is fine, but in time, too much sugar can lead to diabetes, which will lead to heart disease, renal disease, peripheral vascular disease, diabetic retinitis (blindness), diabetic peripheral neuropathy and the list goes on and on. (Even so, next to aspartame, sugar looks almost attractive!)
SUCRALOSE: A very dangerous new chemical -- because in order to make sucralose, chlorine is added to sugar! Ever spilled chlorine bleach on your skin? No wonder that research by the Sucralose Toxicity Information Center showed that years of sucralose use can lead to serious compromise of the immune system and neurological disorders.
SACCHARINE: Yuck. Despite those famous animal studies, I actually don't count saccharine as much of a cancer threat to humans. But face it, saccharine tastes like the chemical experiment it is. Enough said.
STEVIA: Yes, it's natural. Yes, it's safe. But no, it tastes nothing like sugar. Okay for some, but not in my coffee!
XYLITOL: Almost gets a perfect score. Natural, tastes like sugar, good for your teeth, doesn't spike blood sugar. On the down side, it gives some folks the trots.
AND THE WINNER IS:
You've probably never heard of it. It's called erythritol. And here's the best news: erythritol is natural, virtually calorie-free, tastes like sugar, doesn't affect blood sugar or insulin levels, reduces dental plaque -- and unlike xylitol, has no laxative side-effects. Available as Smart Sweet, it gets the Dr. Douglass nod!
The food giants would certainly like to keep these discoveries hush-hush. But now that you know the facts, you can kiss those killer awful blueblue packets good-bye forever. And satisfy that sweet tooth with a yummy, natural, safe alternative.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING as an undeniable medical fact!
As you’ll see below, medicine just doesn’t work that way. You’re not a number, you’re a human being. The most unpredictable thing in creation...
But the powers that be-the puffed-up politicos, greedy mega-corporations and profit-obsessed pharmaceutical companies won’t have you believe it for a second. They want you to be like a dog on a leash. The minute the dog starts to think for themselves and do some exploring, the leash gets jerked back. Pretty soon, the dog stops exploring, content to go where his leader lets him.
That’s why I’m writing to you today. When it comes to your health, the leash the big shots want you on is a short one, indeed! They’re obscuring the real facts, covering up the truth so they can rob you blind. But it doesn’t have to be that way… By eating REAL FOOD, taking a few (cheap!) supplements that make you STRONGER, and doing some shockingly PLEASURABLE things that “everyone knows” can’t be healthy!
First we’ll throw out the confusing information purveyed by the “diet Nazis.” Here’s what I mean:
One of the most-maligned foods on the planet is the All-American hot dog. But that doesn’t mean they deserve the bad rap they’ve been given.
And as it turns out, sodium nitrate (the chemical used to preserve and color hot dogs and other meats) may have a beneficial effect on all the body’s organs-heart, brain, lungs, everywhere the blood flows. Sodium nitrate seems to have the ability to guard your cells against hypoxia (lack of oxygen).
Yet, despite these findings, people still have it in for the delicious dogs. Although the Associated Press reported the findings, it still warned “it doesn’t mean artery-clogging hot dogs are healthy.”
The point I’m trying to make is that it steams me to no end when the media makes sweeping pronouncements about nutrition, usually gleaned by so-called experts like the EPA or the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The truth is, good health is a matter of common sense and having a healthy dose of cynicism about what the “authorities” have to say about what’s good for you--and what’s not.
If you’re like me, you have little tolerance for crap in any area of your life. So why should that be any different when it comes to your health? Just look at my non-nonsense way to:
SLASH YOUR RISK OFALZHEIMER’S OVERNIGHT
It’s really easy. Starting tomorrow, drink no tap water. Not because of industrial pollution, but because of chemicals that “health authorities” are adding to your water. For example...
People who warned against FLUORIDATION used to be ridiculed, but guess what? In Scandinavia, in fact all of Europe, and nearly every other medically advanced nation, they have now banned the practice.
Know why? Because fluoride makes your body absorb extra aluminum. And where does the aluminum go? Your brain. And what metal shows up alarmingly in the brains of Alzheimer’s victims? You guessed it. (Hmm...Maybe our health authorities have been drinking too much water?)
INCREDIBLY FRIGHTENING CANCER MYTHS that you can stop worrying about right now
If you don’t want cancer, don’t believe anyone who tells you:
“ELECTRIC BLANKETS GIVE YOU CANCER.” Know how this myth got canonized? Instead of commissioning new research, a public health authority put the question to a VOTE. (NEWS FLASH: you can’t change the laws of nature by voting.) Yet even these geniuses freely admit that more than 500 existing studies show ZERO compelling evidence of electric fields causing cancer. Rest easy and while you’re at it, enjoy your heating pad again.
“HIGH FAT DIETS CAUSE BREAST CANCER.” Fat phobia may be the height of fashion, but it’s JUNK MEDICINE. Researchers studied 88,795 women over the course of 14 years, and what did they find? Not one sign that high-fat diets promote breast cancer. And not one hint that low-fat diets protect you.
“DDT CAUSES CANCER.” Says WHO? Check the record. Back in the 1970s, the Environmental Protection Agency examiner summed up 9,000 pages of research by flatly declaring, “DDT is not a carcinogenic hazard to man.” He also emphasized that it doesn’t harm fish, birds or other wildlife. Despite this open-and-shut case, his boss, EPA head William Ruckleshaus went ahead and banned DDT. Aides later said he never read even one page of the studies. He had helped to hatch the DDT scare and couldn’t bring himself to admit he was wrong. The worldwide witch-hunt against DDT hasn’t saved one peregrine falcon. But it has unquestionably murdered tens of millions of human children in tropical nations, who continue to die from malaria, Dengue fever, yellow fever and other mosquito-borne plagues.
And speaking of witch hunts, there are other ways the powers that be are trying to control your health. I’ve made it my mission to help you…
Stay SAFE by STAYING OUT of the vicious drug cycle designed to keep you sick!!
This one is sure to get you hot under the collar. I know it had that effect on me!
Recently, Merck & Co. withdrew Vioxx, its COX-2 arthritis drug, from the market after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke. Since then, the company has put out at least four press releases defending the safety of other COX-2 inhibitors.
In case you’re curious, it wasn’t caring doctors who wrote these press releases. No, you are being encouraged to continue taking a dangerous drug by marketers-professionals who are paid to “spin” any story, however controversial, so it comes out smelling like roses. This is science-by-press-release-and it stinks like yesterday’s tuna!
Remember, folks--if I say it, you can count on it. That’s why your subscription to The Douglass Report comes with my “Ultimate Guarantee”. If my advice doesn’t help, you won’t pay a cent, period. It’s that simple--no catch, no deadline, and no further obligation, EVER. Just a 100% refund, right away. It’s interesting to note that Pfizer’s Bextra is now recognized as a dangerous drug and Merck’s Vioxx is off the market for the same reason, but Pfizer’s other COX-2 drug, Celebrex is still being sold to trusting patients all over the world.
Need more convincing that Big Pharma is not your friend and is run by irresponsible lunatics? The arrogant president of Pfizer defended the COX-2 drugs and said in a television interview that, “there should not be a rush to judgment because of the findings.” From where I sit, the “rush to judgment” started with the introduction of these cardio-toxic drugs in the first place!
It truly boggles my mind. Here we are, supposedly the healthiest, wealthiest nation on the planet, and many state health departments continue to churn out a daily flood of lies, half-truths and old wives tales designed to scare us into submission!
Here’s another one I’m just itching to tell you about:
“Milk that’s not pasteurized is a health hazard”
Really? Let’s look at how this myth was spun and how it got poured down the throats of the American public:
If raw milk is so bad for us, how did the human race ever survive before pasteurization? After all, we’ve been milking cows and drinking down the creamy, nutrient-rich results for thousands of years--yet Louis Pasteur’s process (which was originally designed to prevent beer spoilage, mind you) has only been in widespread use for a little more than a century. So what gives?
The answer, of course, is that non-pasteurizedmilk isn’t hazardous at all. It’s just a lot tougher to regulate and make money from it.
Think about it: By legislating against the sale or distribution of raw milk, states force farmers to sell their milk (at a fraction of market value, by the way) to the big milk processors. This creates a “paper trail” on the milk, which can then be used as the basis for collecting tax revenue from those processors--and likely the farmers, too.
And how else could they get away with this kind of shameless money-grubbing except under the guise of a public health concern? It’s just one more example of how your healthy, natural dietary options are being sold down the river by a bunch of dollar-crazed bureaucrat shakedown artists.
The good news is that raw milk is healthierand better for you than pasteurized milk in stores. And it tastes better, too.
Long-time drinkers of vitamin-rich non-pasteurized milk cite increased resistance to colds and flu, weight loss, relief from arthritis pain, plus a whole lot more--and this is not to mention the fuller, truer flavor raw milk drinkers enjoy.
I hope you’re starting to see how the facts about good health-backed by centuries of common sense and doing what feels right--have been obscured all in the name of the almighty dollar.
I’m just barely scratching the surface here. I urge you to open your eyes to what’s really going on with health in this country. I’ll continue to shatter the myths about health that have been sold to you like so much snake oil. As a result…
You’ll work better with your doctor to find safe, effective treatments for whatever ails you. You’ll protect your family’s health by ignoring the health flim-flams that are making them sick. You’ll feel better and maybe even live longer when you take my health advice and finally do what feels right and makes sense. For example, I already told you that it wasn’t bird flu or mysterious airborne bacteria that we all had to worry about, but something much more insidious…
Want to banish HEART DISEASE, CANCER, ARTHRITIS PAIN and more? Then do this right now...
Take all that nagging health advice and TOSS IT IN THE TRASH!
(Summer, 2007) HE’S BEEN CALLED A MAVERICK by vested interests who fear him. But to hundreds of patients and thousands of readers, William Campbell Douglass II, M.D., has long been one of America’s most popular myth-busters, revealing the surprisingly inexpensive and easy road to real health.
Decades ago, when it was unfashionable, he started his crusade against drugs that weaken the immune system, surgery that’s worse than doing nothing-and punishing diets that cause the very conditions they claim to cure. Now his theories have won thousands of followers in the halls of science, but he’s not resting on his laurels. “The wonder,” says Dr. Douglass, “is that it took all these new studies to convince doctors of the very facts their patients knew all along.”
Patients are constantly being told, ‘YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOU.’ What arrogance! Of course they do!
How else did our ancestors survive?
The fact is that most of us could improve our health immediately by ignoring half of the advice we receive. Real health is often simply a matter of doing what feels sensible.
Today, in dozens of new research studies, health authorities are quietly admitting that Dr. Douglass was right all along.But watch out, health establishment! Dr. Douglass is leading the charge again. He’s taking on all the most cherished new falsehoods that make today’s patients miserable...
JUST SAY NO TO THE HEALTH POLICE and feel your miseries fade away
AMERICANS ARE BEING FORCE-FED a diet of vegetables, water and fear. But they’ve got us worried sick about nothing. Just say no to all the unhealthy advice that’s making your life a misery. You’ll feel better instantly, live longer and enjoy all your extra years to the fullest.”
BE A GOOD PATIENT AND EAT YOUR CHOLESTEROL. For more than 20 years, I’ve reminded Americans that cholesterol is not a terrifying toxin, but a life-saving nutrient. Your own body makes it when your foods don’t provide it. And studies now show that if you’re cholesterol-starved, you will raise your risk of massive strokes.
EGG-LOVERS LIVE LONGER. Not only are eggs not guilty of causing heart disease, they’ve been proven to prevent it. That’s right, an enormous study of 800,000 people has shown that egg-eaters have a much lower rate of heart attacks and strokes than egg-avoiders.
THE RAW TRUTH. Go ahead and indulge in steak tartare, and enjoy raw eggs in your mayonnaise and Caesar salad. Raw and rare meat contain life-saving nutrients that overcooking destroys.
WANT TO LIVE LONG AND FEEL STRONG? Tell exercise fanatics to take a hike. To cite just one example, Marathon runners drop dead nearly 200 times more often than their lazier (and smarter!) peers. In your FREE BONUS GIFTS, I’ll show you how to triple your strength, with an exercise program so easy, even 90-year-olds can do it.
If TV promotes it and everyone knows it, YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF A MYTH
WANT TO TRACK DOWN A MEDICAL MYTH? It’s easy! Just follow the money. The more they spend on TV commercials and ads in popular magazines, the more you can be sure the “breakthrough” they’re selling is bogus. But profitable.
Over the course of my 30-plus year medical career, I’ve seen firsthand what works and what doesn’t work regarding both conventional and alternative medicine. And I never cease to be shocked and outraged at how government interference, political red tape and corporate profits can keep ordinary people from having access to the information they need to stay healthy. Information like this: DON’T SWALLOW THE SOY PLOY. Soy producers claim it slashes your cancer risk, cuts your heart disease risk and helps with menopause. But actual research says they’re wrong on all three counts. What soy will do is pump you full of estrogen-mimicking compounds, which can depress your thyroid and make you put on weight. It also contains an acid that blocks your absorption of calcium. (Can you say “osteoporosis”?)
IF THE LABEL SAYS “ENRICHED WITH IRON,” treat it like a poison. Commercials pound it into our heads that we all have “iron poor blood,” but 91% of older Americans are actually getting way too much iron. This is linked to heart disease, cancer and even diabetes. In your FREE BONUS GIFTS, you’ll learn how to remove excess iron from your system!
BREAD AND PASTA are very profitable products to sell. But “carb loading” doesn’t boost athletic performance. Fat and protein do.IT’S TIME TO INSPECT THE MEAT-HATERS and find out who their contributors are. Some of the world’s wealthiest carbohydrate producers-including Con-Agra and Quaker Oats-are “generously supporting” one of America’s best-known diet gurus. And what is his advice? “Eat only complex carbohydrates.” Wow, how surprising.
If a cure is safe, effective and cheap WATCH THEM MAKE IT DISAPPEAR
THIS DOLLAR-A-BOTTLE MIRACLE has been proven to cure drug-resistant pneumonia, clear up colds and flu in 24 hours-and heal many other viral and bacterial diseases as well. It’s called HYDROGEN PEROXIDE THERAPY. But it won’t make billions for any drug firm because the stuff is practically free. Let me take you behind the scenes, and show you the stunning scientific facts.
AT THE FAMED PASTEUR INSTITUTE in St. Petersburg, Russia, I worked alongside doctors who routinely healed patients of deadly infectious diseases without any antibiotics, using nothing more than the germ-killing power of ultraviolet light. Yet ironically, this life-saving therapy called photoluminescence was perfected here in America, back before World War II! After the discovery of penicillin, it fell out of widespread use. Today, of course, we need it more than ever. But the technology is in the public domain, so it won’t make big money for anyone and vested interests are trying to have it banned. Americans need to know the facts and they’re all in your FREE BONUS REPORTS.
Corruption is theREAL medical epidemic!
Corruption has become so endemic and intellectual integrity so compromised in pharmaceutical research that drug companies and their collaborators in government (and universities) can now get away with open fraud.
The Journal of the American Medical Association researched the connection between authors of clinical guidelines and the pharmaceutical industry. Over HALF received financial support from the pharmaceutical industry to conduct research. And 38% served as employees or consultants for a pharmaceutical company. Hmm…so how do you suppose they rated the drug?
This represents a MASSIVE CON, a criminal fraud perpetrated on you and me, and the American public, engineered behind closed doors by the fake food industry and the pharmaceutical conglomerates. Both have so much money to spread around Washington that they practically OWN Congress, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health. To heck with the public health and welfare--their goal is to get everyone hooked on prescription drugs and manufactured, plastic food.
The saddest fact of all is that the medical profession is falling for it, allowing itself to be manipulated into acting as an accessory to this crime. It’s terrible!
Health conspiracies are everywhere you look-on TV, in many mainstream newspapers and all over the Internet. Here’s another one that really gets my goat:
Attack of the Sun-Haters!
No matter how much evidence has surfaced exonerating the sun from its wrongful status in the mainstream as a carcinogen rivaling dioxin or red dye #2, some just won’t see the light.
According to a recent Reuters online article, vitamin supplements alone are all anyone needs for adequate vitamin D intake--and that sun exposure is nothing but harmful and a major cancer risk.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m a huge fan of vitamin supplementation, even for vitamin D. But of all the vitamins you can take every day, D is probably the least likely to absorb fully and properly into the blood from simple supplementation alone. You NEED sunlight to spur your body’s production of it.
If vitamin D is proven to promote health, yet it doesn’t effectively express itself in your body from diet and/or supplementation, then how’s it helping the people it’s helping?
The answer, of course, is sunlight exposure.
Like I’ve said, the assumptions we’ve been fed about our health are largely untrue. For example, most people think that women only need healthy estrogen levels to be healthy, but the truth is…
The heart-healthy hormone most women need is TESTOSTERONE
Forget what everyone told you about “male” and “female” hormones. As any first-year medical student should know, both women and men produce all the very same types of sex hormones.
It’s just the proportion that’s different. Healthy women produce more estrogen and progesterone...men make more testosterone...but all of us need some of each to stay healthy.
Testosterone, not estrogen, is the hormone that keeps your heart strong. If you’re a woman over 50, there’s a good chance your levels are too low (just as men over 50).
In your FREE BONUS GIFTS I’ll give you full details about the NATURAL HORMONE THERAPY that combines all the hormones a woman needs. And how to find a doctor with expertise in this neglected field.
Now what about men? Well, don’t let anyone tell you that “MEN HAVE TOO MUCH TESTOSTERONE.” Because...
What doctors don’t tell you about testosterone isn’t just stealing your potency. IT’S KILLINGMILLIONS OF MEN EVERY YEAR
Studies show that many American men over 40 actually suffer a dangerous testosterone deficiency. Yet doctors typically don’t even test for it, because they too are victims of JUNK MEDICINE:
EVERYONE THINKS that testosterone causes heart disease. Yet the research shows it’s a fabulous treatment and may even prevent strokes. EVERYONE FEARS that testosterone promotes prostate disease. Yet studies show that both benign swelling and cancer typically strike older men, with declining testosterone levels. EVERYONE ASSUMES that the state-of-the-science treatment for impotence is Viagra. While it can help, all-natural testosterone can make you feel and perform like a 21-year-old again. And, a combination of the two...wow! In your FREE BONUS GIFTS, I’ll give you my 60-SECOND SELF TEST for checking your own testosterone levels. And I’ll show you several exciting new ways to boost or DOUBLE your own natural testosterone levels quite safely, just by stimulating your body to make more.
ASPIRIN-HarmlessOr Hazardous?
Remember a couple of years ago, when an aspirin a day was thought to be a heart tonic? Popping a “harmless” white pill each day for thinner blood and a healthier heart was all the rage, and many doctors still recommend it. Not this one, though…
In fact, more than 2 years ago I sounded the alarm about the deadly risks of “aspirin therapy,” citing a University of Maryland Medical Center study in which blood platelet clumping--which can lead to heart attacks--was noted in 64% of daily aspirin-takers whose blood cholesterol levels were considered by modern medical standards as too high (LDL over 130, which leaves out relatively few Americans.)
To recap, if this University of Maryland study is correct, a daily aspirin INCREASES the risk of coronary events in people with healthy (and normal) LDL cholesterol levels of 180, 200, or more.
Yes, you read that right: anyone with an LDL cholesterol number LOWER than 200 risks serious heart problems. In fact, I don’t caution anyone to worry about cholesterol at all until their LDL hits 300 or more.
Now, let me tell you how to REALLY…Protect yourself from the world’s #1 Killer:
Everyone thinks that today’s biggest threats to your life are heart disease and cancer, but surprise...
Germs are back on top again, as a very worried AMA revealed at a conference not long ago.
People who check into hospitals for treatment of other conditions are dying of bacterial pneumonia that antibiotics can’t touch. Tuberculosis has returned to America in drug-resistant strains. New strains of colds are lasting for months and doctors are publicly worrying that the killer flu which wiped out 20 million people back in 1919 could be reborn any time now...
But cheer up, because despite what everyone tells you...
Antibiotics are not our most powerful weaponagainst infectious disease
They’re just the most profitable for drug companies. Right now, however, we already possess an alternative that can blast all the diseases mentioned above and many more to kingdom come.
It’s safe, backed by decades of solid research, and boy is it ever cheap. You can buy it at drugstores everywhere for 65¢ a bottle. So what is this amazing miracle-in-a-bottle?
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
Go ahead and laugh if you like, but what follows is no joke:
DID YOU KNOW that your own white blood cells produce hydrogen peroxide? Yes they do. Lots of it.
KNOW WHY? Because that’s how they kill invading germs. It’s your body’s first and best defense against any infection. Kills bacteria, viruses, yeast, parasites-all the bad guys.
DON’T BELIEVE ME? Look it up. (Try the Encyclopedia Britannica website. Check the info on “granulocytes.” See? I told you so.) BUT HOW? The hydrogen peroxide molecule (H202) is basically water (H20) with an extra oxygen atom attached. When that oxygen gets released against germs, it “oxidizes” them. Poof, they’re goners.
And this shockingly cheap therapy was a real health miracle for my patients in Africa, where the ungodly high cost of drugs condemns millions to death every year.
So how do drug companies get away with selling expensive antibiotics, when we’ve got this stuff that’s nearly free? You’d call me paranoid if I told you. But I’ll tell you anyway in your FREE BONUS GIFTS, plus how to find a doctor skilled in this secret miracle.
I’ll explain how it’s done in your FREE BONUS REPORTS, along with some very nifty “minor” applications. It can be used topically to clear up sinus infections, erase benign moles and even clear up periodontitis without surgery. No kidding. You’ll see.
Getting intrigued? I’m just warming up...
I’d love to brief you on many more JUNK MEDICINE MYTHS to avoid and real health breakthroughs that truly deliver the goods, but I’m out of space. So why not scratch that itch in the back of your mind, sign up for your FREE BONUS GIFTS and find out all about:
THE FIBER FRAUD. Doctors were getting positively hysterical about your colon. Fiber this, fiber that. Now it appears that some kinds of fiber can trigger precancerous growths...
HOW TO THROW OFF FATIGUE by throwing out your vitamin C pills and taking the world’s most un-hyped vitamin instead.
VITAMIN “O” AND OTHER JOKES that masquerade as alternative medicine. They say you eat this stuff and it floods your body with oxygen. EAT oxygen? You may as well try to breathe food.
POWER NAPPING FOR FUN AND PROFIT. Napping is fabulous medicine and now you can make it an even more bountiful fountain of health. Winston Churchill, Thomas Edison, Napoleon, JFK and other human dynamos shared this sleepy little secret that can make you smarter, sexier and more productive. ...and there’s so much more I’m longing to tell you that will make you stop dreading the word “health” and start feeling fantastic. Just sign up for your 5 FREE BONUS GIFTS now! You’ll get full details about all the pointlessly punishing MYTHS and life-transforming REAL BREAKTHROUGHS mentioned above, plus hundreds more.
And, to keep you ahead of the HEALTH NAGS and on top of the best new real health breakthroughs in the months ahead...
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The Douglass Report IS DIFFERENT. I reveal the ridiculous truth about the latest JUNK MEDICINE MYTHS and hand you amazingly EASY AND PLEASANT new ways to free yourself and your loved ones from pain and disease.
It’s time you stopped being led astray by health organizations that don’t have your best interests at heart. You’re smarter than they are. Will you please let me put the power of all these real health breakthroughs into your hands right now?
Don’t let self-righteous health sadists feed you any more lies…just give your body what it’s begging for!
The road to real health means making your own choices and not just accepting what the health establishment says you “should” do. It’s been my mission to expose the hypocrisy that’s running rampant in today’s health system. If you follow my advice, I promise you’ll notice illness, pain and weakness fade away like a bad dream. You’ll see!
It’s always been nature’s way and it’s today’s REAL cutting-edge in modern medicine.
Doesn’t this easy new road to real healthmake more sense thanBEATING YOURSELF UP FOR NOTHING?
Walk away from the health lies and into the sunlight...
And find out how sweet it feels to savor real health!
Sincerely,
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.Editor
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Friday, October 05, 2007
# 117 Follow-up to Post:# 89 Biotechnology Insanity and FrankenHumans
When, if you did, read my post, back in January of 2007, you probably laughed and said, " Talker is ready for the white jacket ". Be honest now. What did you really think, if you did read my post?
.......................................................................
See:
Razors Edge January 04, 2007
# 89 Biotechnology Insanity and FrankenHumans
I went to the site and viewed the movie about GMO & GMF. What I saw, falls into a category of TOTAL INSANITY. What you see is a wake up call readers. The outcome presented in the video, if taken to the extreme is saying: Your children and pets, have eaten our GMO products, and according to the patent laws, and detection of "our patented products" through blood tests, in your children and pets, they are now "our property, unless you pay us a royalty".
NOW THAT IS WILD AND TOTAL INSANITY, SANCTIONED BY PATENT LAW !
Talker
( There was more to my post so go there to read it all. )
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/01/biotechnology-insanity-and.html
( Now comes this tid-bit of an article )
.........................................................................
NewsTarget.com printable article
Originally published October 5 2007
Corporate Greed, Intellectual Property Laws and the Destruction of Human Civilization
by Mike Adams
Did you know that if you have children you are an international criminal? You have violated intellectual property laws by infringing on the copyrights of companies that have been granted patents on the human genome. You have replicated that gene sequence by having children without the permission of the owners of those gene sequences. As bizarre as it sounds, it's absolutely true: having children is a violation of patent law.
This has come about because those at the U.S. Patent Office seem to have lost their collective minds. They have allowed companies and individuals to gain ownership of intellectual property that should never have been granted to a private organization or individual. Some things belong to nature -- like the gene sequence of a human being. Man didn't create it. There's no Einstein who created the human gene sequence, put together some DNA and made human beings. People are not an invention; they are a creation.
Intellectual property, and patents in particular, are intended to cover inventions; things that we were the first to create, not something we stumbled across because we have the right equipment to detect them in the natural world. Clearly, genes are already in existence. We did not invent them; nature did. And yet, people and organizations have been granted patents on seeds from nature.
No patents on seeds
Those of you familiar with the subject know I'm talking about basmati rice, a type of rice native to India. It has been harvested for centuries throughout India and Southeast Asia. But a few years ago, a U.S. company filed for a patent on basmati rice and the U.S. Patent Office said, "Sure enough, you own it." That company then proceeded to try to shut down the harvesting and farming of basmati rice in India. They said, in effect, "All you farmers out there? You owe us a royalty now. We own the patent on this seed." Luckily, the Indian government intervened and thwarted the patent by having the rice listed under the European Commission's regulations that protect regional foods.
But the fact that the patent was issued at all illustrates how intellectual property has spiraled out of control in the United States and other countries. If you wonder why companies are granted patents for the human gene sequence or for seeds, here's the reason: It's because corporations are in charge, and they run governments. Who do you think runs the Food and Drug Administration? It's the drug companies. Who do you think runs the U.S. Department of Agriculture? It's the farming, beef and the dairy industries.
Take a look at every single decision the USDA, the FDA, and various government departments have made: they benefit big business. It's all about not just protecting business, but helping big business become more profitable.
The arrogance of modern man
You know what it tells me when humanity tries to take credit and ownership of things from nature? That mankind thinks it's smarter than nature; that men think they are gods who own nature and feel they can exploit nature for any purpose they desire. This is the attitude of a majority of the human population today, and certainly it is the attitude of those who are in power, like those who run big corporations and governments. They say, "Nature is there for us to exploit." This is reflected in the intellectual property laws today, which say, in effect, that we own nature and that anything we happen to stumble across is from that point forward our "property."
It is this attitude that allows people to go out and plunder the planet; strip the planet of its minerals, raw materials and clean water, then dump polluted water back in to the rivers, streams and oceans; to use clean air and return only toxic waste, jet fuel exhaust, car exhaust and coal plant exhaust into the atmosphere. Corporations say, "This piece of paper from the U.S. Patent Office says I own this gene sequence, this seed, this piece of land." It's amazing.
Native Americans had it right when they laughed at the white man who said, "We'll trade you these beads for Manhattan Island." The Native Americans thought, "Nobody owns Manhattan Island, nobody owns the land, nobody owns the planet. If you want to give us these beads in order to think you own a piece of land, go for it." They didn't know the white man was serious. White man said, "Okay, now we're going to build a fence and defend ourselves against you all the way to the other coast. Then we're going to set up these tiny reservations and put you on them, and allow you to call them your homeland."
We are guests on this planet
In my view, we don't own anything on this planet. We are guests here; we are lucky to be here, to have a planet that has all of this water and air, all of this wonderful green life all around us; wherever you turn, there is life on this planet. In the oceans, on the mountains, across the plains, in the jungles and even in places where you wouldn't think you would find life, like in the frozen tundra of the north and at the bottom of the oceans, where volcanic vents are spewing boiling water.
We have a duty to take care of this planet. We have a duty not to own it or think it's our intellectual property, but rather to respect it and honor it. Right now, we take that for granted. We cut down trees and use them as resources. We dig up coal and burn it. We take water out of the environment, pollute it, then dump it back into the environment. And yet we don't pay Mother Nature for any of this. If we take all these resources from the planet, we should give it something in return. We should replace and replenish these resources. At the very least, we should offer thanks for it.
Traditional herbalists -- whether they're Native American, Aborigine, Australian, South American, Incan, Mayan or from any other culture -- would ask plants for permission when they harvested them from the natural environment. They would thank the plant when they took its leaves, roots, or flowers, or rhizomes. Today our corporations say, "We own the planet, and we'll take what we want. We'll punish anybody else who tries to grow this plant because we own its intellectual property." There is a big difference between asking permission from nature and saying, "We own nature and we do with it what we want." But that is the attitude prevalent today.
Nature will find balance
Our modern world -- our so-called technologically advanced world -- is so advanced that we think we own the trees, rivers, streams, oceans, the lands, the seeds and the gene sequences. But we're in for a big surprise here, because Mother Nature has a way of reminding people they are not in control, a way of correcting the imbalances. We've been exploiting Mother Nature in a systematic, aggressive way for a couple of hundred years. We've already had a huge, destructive, negative impact on the planet in this short time.
The planet is going to rebalance itself one way or another. We are the guests here, and if we don't remember that, Mother Nature will remind us of it. It will most likely happen in a gentle, nudging way -- like global climate change, infectious diseases, global pandemics and food supply shortages. Maybe there will be other little reminders, like global water shortages, typhoons, earthquakes and changes in weather patterns that affect the food supply. It will likely be these types of things that kill a lot of human beings. Not only is this is going to keep happening, but I think it's going to accelerate. We as human beings are creating the conditions that will cause these devastating events.
When we treat animals inhumanely -- when we corral them together in cramped pens and slaughter them for food, when we feed cattle the ground up remains of dead animals and chicken feces -- which is a USDA-approved practice -- we create an environment that is ripe for infectious disease, mutation and infection. If you think the flu of 1918 was bad, wait until you see the next pandemic that comes along. And when a pandemic gets out of control, when a virus becomes a global infectious agent, there's not much you can do about it. All the intellectual property in the world can't save you from an infectious disease.
Even the most advanced technology in the world cannot overcome the repercussions of the disasters we have set into motion on this planet from being the egotistical, aggressive version of humanity that we have become. I think it all comes back to intellectual property, because it and the laws surrounding it demonstrate a lack of humility and honor for Mother Nature and our natural world. They demonstrate the arrogance of mankind, our non-sustainable business community and our war mongering nations. This arrogance is going to come back to bite us in a big way.
Corporations are destroying our future
When you have companies that violate the laws of nature in the name of corporate profits, you are flirting with true disaster. A good example of this is Monsanto, which developed the terminator seed -- one which will not produce viable seeds after the first generation, thus forcing farmers around the world to buy seed from Monsanto year after year. This sets up a situation where the farmers of the world have only a single season of seed. If something goes wrong in just one production sequence, we have global famine on your hands -- all because they are willing to protect intellectual property for corporate profit. They are willing to distort nature to the point of causing plants to terminate their own seeds, just to make a buck. That is in such gross violation of the very laws of nature, it appalls me that any human being even thought of it. It is an invitation for global disaster.
Who on Earth would actually think of such a concept? To say, "Let's take something from nature that has been reproducing for probably hundreds of thousands of years, and modify it so it terminates its own offspring." To say, "The shareholders will love that one. I can't wait to introduce it to the market and force farmers and third world countries to buy this seed. Oh, what a big profit center that will be." Could any sane person actually do that? I think not: This idea could have only come from clinically insane corporate leaders who have completely lost touch with the planet they live on.
They did it because planting your own seed does not create the dependence on big corporations that are trying to rule this world. Self-replicating seeds which have been saved year after year, generation after generation, throughout every culture on our planet, offer sustainability, freedom and independence. Corporate America wants dependence -- it wants centralized control, scarcity, a monopoly; it creates this by forcing people to use things like terminator seeds and by claiming intellectual property over things like the gene sequence of a seed.
The situation has become so bizarre that if you were to go back in time and try to explain to somebody in the 1970s what is happening today, they wouldn't believe you. They'd ask, "What do you mean, someone said they own basmati rice? They have a plant that kills its own offspring? When you have children you're violating patent law? What are you talking about?" Their next question would likely be, "Have you gone mad?"
The answer is yes, we have gone mad. We have let this thing go so far out of control, and we have distorted nature to such an extent that we are creating our own destruction at every level -- physical, nutritional, emotional and definitely spiritual -- and we're doing it all in the name of corporate profits. Corporations need to keep money flowing into politicians' pockets, which in turn keeps the dollars flowing into the corporate coffers. Welcome to the modern world. It's crazier than you think, and it's getting crazier still.
If we don't start exploring ways to hand freedom back to farmers, communities and individual members of our society, to respect and be humbled by these natural resources that we freely take from Mother Nature, then Mother Nature will find a way to balance itself with or without humanity. The question for us is: Do we want to be here?
We must change or be destroyed by our own greed
On our current path, we will destroy our planet and all the nature around us. We will starve ourselves to death because we won't have a food supply, or even a predictable environment in which to grow food. We will poison ourselves with the toxic chemicals we are putting into our environment. We will destroy ourselves with the infectious agents we have created by facilitating the conditions under which they will flourish.
We are committing suicide as a species today. It is well past time to wake up, and the cost of staying ignorant is going to increase exponentially in the decades ahead. Eventually, people will have no choice but to wake up and do something about it. I hope that happens sooner rather than later because when it's too late, it's too late for all of us.
So, what can you do as an individual? You can engage in sustainable consumption, and support those products and companies that have a sustainable model for production. You can use cleaner energy sources. You can stand up against the ridiculous intellectual property climate that we have created today. There are a lot of things you can do, and collectively, if we all do smart things -- if we all wake up and learn to respect nature rather than try to own it -- we can make some positive changes. It's not too late yet. We still have a chance to turn this thing around and find a way to live in harmony with Mother Nature.
We have the communications technology to share this information and to wake people up. We have the scientific knowledge to realize what we need to be doing. We just need the political will to do it, and that power comes from the people. So, do your part: be a wise consumer. Don't support big businesses that are out to exploit nature. I recommend that you don't buy anything from Monsanto, Phillip Morris or Kraft Foods. Forget about Coke and Pepsi. Support small sustainable farms, organic farms, family farms, your local food co-ops and your local farmer's market.
Another, huge step you can take is to have your own garden. Grow heirloom plants, not hybrid plants, so you can save your seeds and use them generation after generation. The very act of saving and using seeds is, in its own way, a respectful ritual for nature. Who knows? Someday you may have to depend on those seeds, because all the other corporate seeds out there have terminated themselves and can't be counted on anymore. So keep saving them, and keep them alive. You will be doing your part to help sustain nature, and human life as well. See the Seed Savers Exchange: www.SeedSavers.org
I know these are serious topics, but these are serious times. There are big issues at stake here. If we don't make the right choices on these issues, then we're going to pay the price for a very long time. We have to wake up and recognize what we're doing in this world, and we have to change our ways. Humanity is not currently on a sustainable path, and if we don't change, Mother Nature will eventually change things for us, causing a massive population drop across the planet.
Remember: if we don't figure out how to live with nature, nature will most certainly figure out how to live without us. We are not a necessary component for this planet. We are not in charge and, frankly, we don't own anything around here. We are just guests.
-----------------------------------------------------
All content posted on this site is commentary or opinion and is protected under Free Speech. Truth Publishing LLC takes sole responsibility for all content. Truth Publishing sells no hard products and earns no money from the recommendation of products. Newstarget.com is presented for educational and commentary purposes only and should not be construed as professional advice from any licensed practitioner. Truth Publishing assumes no responsibility for the use or misuse of this material. For the full terms of usage of this material, visit www.NewsTarget.com/terms.shtml
.......................................................................
See:
Razors Edge January 04, 2007
# 89 Biotechnology Insanity and FrankenHumans
I went to the site and viewed the movie about GMO & GMF. What I saw, falls into a category of TOTAL INSANITY. What you see is a wake up call readers. The outcome presented in the video, if taken to the extreme is saying: Your children and pets, have eaten our GMO products, and according to the patent laws, and detection of "our patented products" through blood tests, in your children and pets, they are now "our property, unless you pay us a royalty".
NOW THAT IS WILD AND TOTAL INSANITY, SANCTIONED BY PATENT LAW !
Talker
( There was more to my post so go there to read it all. )
http://anotherlookatit.blogspot.com/2007/01/biotechnology-insanity-and.html
( Now comes this tid-bit of an article )
.........................................................................
NewsTarget.com printable article
Originally published October 5 2007
Corporate Greed, Intellectual Property Laws and the Destruction of Human Civilization
by Mike Adams
Did you know that if you have children you are an international criminal? You have violated intellectual property laws by infringing on the copyrights of companies that have been granted patents on the human genome. You have replicated that gene sequence by having children without the permission of the owners of those gene sequences. As bizarre as it sounds, it's absolutely true: having children is a violation of patent law.
This has come about because those at the U.S. Patent Office seem to have lost their collective minds. They have allowed companies and individuals to gain ownership of intellectual property that should never have been granted to a private organization or individual. Some things belong to nature -- like the gene sequence of a human being. Man didn't create it. There's no Einstein who created the human gene sequence, put together some DNA and made human beings. People are not an invention; they are a creation.
Intellectual property, and patents in particular, are intended to cover inventions; things that we were the first to create, not something we stumbled across because we have the right equipment to detect them in the natural world. Clearly, genes are already in existence. We did not invent them; nature did. And yet, people and organizations have been granted patents on seeds from nature.
No patents on seeds
Those of you familiar with the subject know I'm talking about basmati rice, a type of rice native to India. It has been harvested for centuries throughout India and Southeast Asia. But a few years ago, a U.S. company filed for a patent on basmati rice and the U.S. Patent Office said, "Sure enough, you own it." That company then proceeded to try to shut down the harvesting and farming of basmati rice in India. They said, in effect, "All you farmers out there? You owe us a royalty now. We own the patent on this seed." Luckily, the Indian government intervened and thwarted the patent by having the rice listed under the European Commission's regulations that protect regional foods.
But the fact that the patent was issued at all illustrates how intellectual property has spiraled out of control in the United States and other countries. If you wonder why companies are granted patents for the human gene sequence or for seeds, here's the reason: It's because corporations are in charge, and they run governments. Who do you think runs the Food and Drug Administration? It's the drug companies. Who do you think runs the U.S. Department of Agriculture? It's the farming, beef and the dairy industries.
Take a look at every single decision the USDA, the FDA, and various government departments have made: they benefit big business. It's all about not just protecting business, but helping big business become more profitable.
The arrogance of modern man
You know what it tells me when humanity tries to take credit and ownership of things from nature? That mankind thinks it's smarter than nature; that men think they are gods who own nature and feel they can exploit nature for any purpose they desire. This is the attitude of a majority of the human population today, and certainly it is the attitude of those who are in power, like those who run big corporations and governments. They say, "Nature is there for us to exploit." This is reflected in the intellectual property laws today, which say, in effect, that we own nature and that anything we happen to stumble across is from that point forward our "property."
It is this attitude that allows people to go out and plunder the planet; strip the planet of its minerals, raw materials and clean water, then dump polluted water back in to the rivers, streams and oceans; to use clean air and return only toxic waste, jet fuel exhaust, car exhaust and coal plant exhaust into the atmosphere. Corporations say, "This piece of paper from the U.S. Patent Office says I own this gene sequence, this seed, this piece of land." It's amazing.
Native Americans had it right when they laughed at the white man who said, "We'll trade you these beads for Manhattan Island." The Native Americans thought, "Nobody owns Manhattan Island, nobody owns the land, nobody owns the planet. If you want to give us these beads in order to think you own a piece of land, go for it." They didn't know the white man was serious. White man said, "Okay, now we're going to build a fence and defend ourselves against you all the way to the other coast. Then we're going to set up these tiny reservations and put you on them, and allow you to call them your homeland."
We are guests on this planet
In my view, we don't own anything on this planet. We are guests here; we are lucky to be here, to have a planet that has all of this water and air, all of this wonderful green life all around us; wherever you turn, there is life on this planet. In the oceans, on the mountains, across the plains, in the jungles and even in places where you wouldn't think you would find life, like in the frozen tundra of the north and at the bottom of the oceans, where volcanic vents are spewing boiling water.
We have a duty to take care of this planet. We have a duty not to own it or think it's our intellectual property, but rather to respect it and honor it. Right now, we take that for granted. We cut down trees and use them as resources. We dig up coal and burn it. We take water out of the environment, pollute it, then dump it back into the environment. And yet we don't pay Mother Nature for any of this. If we take all these resources from the planet, we should give it something in return. We should replace and replenish these resources. At the very least, we should offer thanks for it.
Traditional herbalists -- whether they're Native American, Aborigine, Australian, South American, Incan, Mayan or from any other culture -- would ask plants for permission when they harvested them from the natural environment. They would thank the plant when they took its leaves, roots, or flowers, or rhizomes. Today our corporations say, "We own the planet, and we'll take what we want. We'll punish anybody else who tries to grow this plant because we own its intellectual property." There is a big difference between asking permission from nature and saying, "We own nature and we do with it what we want." But that is the attitude prevalent today.
Nature will find balance
Our modern world -- our so-called technologically advanced world -- is so advanced that we think we own the trees, rivers, streams, oceans, the lands, the seeds and the gene sequences. But we're in for a big surprise here, because Mother Nature has a way of reminding people they are not in control, a way of correcting the imbalances. We've been exploiting Mother Nature in a systematic, aggressive way for a couple of hundred years. We've already had a huge, destructive, negative impact on the planet in this short time.
The planet is going to rebalance itself one way or another. We are the guests here, and if we don't remember that, Mother Nature will remind us of it. It will most likely happen in a gentle, nudging way -- like global climate change, infectious diseases, global pandemics and food supply shortages. Maybe there will be other little reminders, like global water shortages, typhoons, earthquakes and changes in weather patterns that affect the food supply. It will likely be these types of things that kill a lot of human beings. Not only is this is going to keep happening, but I think it's going to accelerate. We as human beings are creating the conditions that will cause these devastating events.
When we treat animals inhumanely -- when we corral them together in cramped pens and slaughter them for food, when we feed cattle the ground up remains of dead animals and chicken feces -- which is a USDA-approved practice -- we create an environment that is ripe for infectious disease, mutation and infection. If you think the flu of 1918 was bad, wait until you see the next pandemic that comes along. And when a pandemic gets out of control, when a virus becomes a global infectious agent, there's not much you can do about it. All the intellectual property in the world can't save you from an infectious disease.
Even the most advanced technology in the world cannot overcome the repercussions of the disasters we have set into motion on this planet from being the egotistical, aggressive version of humanity that we have become. I think it all comes back to intellectual property, because it and the laws surrounding it demonstrate a lack of humility and honor for Mother Nature and our natural world. They demonstrate the arrogance of mankind, our non-sustainable business community and our war mongering nations. This arrogance is going to come back to bite us in a big way.
Corporations are destroying our future
When you have companies that violate the laws of nature in the name of corporate profits, you are flirting with true disaster. A good example of this is Monsanto, which developed the terminator seed -- one which will not produce viable seeds after the first generation, thus forcing farmers around the world to buy seed from Monsanto year after year. This sets up a situation where the farmers of the world have only a single season of seed. If something goes wrong in just one production sequence, we have global famine on your hands -- all because they are willing to protect intellectual property for corporate profit. They are willing to distort nature to the point of causing plants to terminate their own seeds, just to make a buck. That is in such gross violation of the very laws of nature, it appalls me that any human being even thought of it. It is an invitation for global disaster.
Who on Earth would actually think of such a concept? To say, "Let's take something from nature that has been reproducing for probably hundreds of thousands of years, and modify it so it terminates its own offspring." To say, "The shareholders will love that one. I can't wait to introduce it to the market and force farmers and third world countries to buy this seed. Oh, what a big profit center that will be." Could any sane person actually do that? I think not: This idea could have only come from clinically insane corporate leaders who have completely lost touch with the planet they live on.
They did it because planting your own seed does not create the dependence on big corporations that are trying to rule this world. Self-replicating seeds which have been saved year after year, generation after generation, throughout every culture on our planet, offer sustainability, freedom and independence. Corporate America wants dependence -- it wants centralized control, scarcity, a monopoly; it creates this by forcing people to use things like terminator seeds and by claiming intellectual property over things like the gene sequence of a seed.
The situation has become so bizarre that if you were to go back in time and try to explain to somebody in the 1970s what is happening today, they wouldn't believe you. They'd ask, "What do you mean, someone said they own basmati rice? They have a plant that kills its own offspring? When you have children you're violating patent law? What are you talking about?" Their next question would likely be, "Have you gone mad?"
The answer is yes, we have gone mad. We have let this thing go so far out of control, and we have distorted nature to such an extent that we are creating our own destruction at every level -- physical, nutritional, emotional and definitely spiritual -- and we're doing it all in the name of corporate profits. Corporations need to keep money flowing into politicians' pockets, which in turn keeps the dollars flowing into the corporate coffers. Welcome to the modern world. It's crazier than you think, and it's getting crazier still.
If we don't start exploring ways to hand freedom back to farmers, communities and individual members of our society, to respect and be humbled by these natural resources that we freely take from Mother Nature, then Mother Nature will find a way to balance itself with or without humanity. The question for us is: Do we want to be here?
We must change or be destroyed by our own greed
On our current path, we will destroy our planet and all the nature around us. We will starve ourselves to death because we won't have a food supply, or even a predictable environment in which to grow food. We will poison ourselves with the toxic chemicals we are putting into our environment. We will destroy ourselves with the infectious agents we have created by facilitating the conditions under which they will flourish.
We are committing suicide as a species today. It is well past time to wake up, and the cost of staying ignorant is going to increase exponentially in the decades ahead. Eventually, people will have no choice but to wake up and do something about it. I hope that happens sooner rather than later because when it's too late, it's too late for all of us.
So, what can you do as an individual? You can engage in sustainable consumption, and support those products and companies that have a sustainable model for production. You can use cleaner energy sources. You can stand up against the ridiculous intellectual property climate that we have created today. There are a lot of things you can do, and collectively, if we all do smart things -- if we all wake up and learn to respect nature rather than try to own it -- we can make some positive changes. It's not too late yet. We still have a chance to turn this thing around and find a way to live in harmony with Mother Nature.
We have the communications technology to share this information and to wake people up. We have the scientific knowledge to realize what we need to be doing. We just need the political will to do it, and that power comes from the people. So, do your part: be a wise consumer. Don't support big businesses that are out to exploit nature. I recommend that you don't buy anything from Monsanto, Phillip Morris or Kraft Foods. Forget about Coke and Pepsi. Support small sustainable farms, organic farms, family farms, your local food co-ops and your local farmer's market.
Another, huge step you can take is to have your own garden. Grow heirloom plants, not hybrid plants, so you can save your seeds and use them generation after generation. The very act of saving and using seeds is, in its own way, a respectful ritual for nature. Who knows? Someday you may have to depend on those seeds, because all the other corporate seeds out there have terminated themselves and can't be counted on anymore. So keep saving them, and keep them alive. You will be doing your part to help sustain nature, and human life as well. See the Seed Savers Exchange: www.SeedSavers.org
I know these are serious topics, but these are serious times. There are big issues at stake here. If we don't make the right choices on these issues, then we're going to pay the price for a very long time. We have to wake up and recognize what we're doing in this world, and we have to change our ways. Humanity is not currently on a sustainable path, and if we don't change, Mother Nature will eventually change things for us, causing a massive population drop across the planet.
Remember: if we don't figure out how to live with nature, nature will most certainly figure out how to live without us. We are not a necessary component for this planet. We are not in charge and, frankly, we don't own anything around here. We are just guests.
-----------------------------------------------------
All content posted on this site is commentary or opinion and is protected under Free Speech. Truth Publishing LLC takes sole responsibility for all content. Truth Publishing sells no hard products and earns no money from the recommendation of products. Newstarget.com is presented for educational and commentary purposes only and should not be construed as professional advice from any licensed practitioner. Truth Publishing assumes no responsibility for the use or misuse of this material. For the full terms of usage of this material, visit www.NewsTarget.com/terms.shtml
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