Another toxic industrial waste product which has made its way into nearly every product on the supermarket shelf... AND ITS KILLING YOU
Soy Lecithin has thunderously entered our food culture. You can find it in almost all processes foods. Even health stores carry products that contain soy lecithin. It’s used mostly as an emulsifier, and it pops up in everything from chocolate and salad dressings to tea bags and supplements.
What is Soy Lecithin?
Lecithin is an emulsifying substance that is found in plants and produced naturally in your body. It is used in many products to keep water and fat from separating. It helps bind ingredients together and extend the shelf life of a product. In candy bars soy lecithin is used to keep cocoa butter and chocolate together. It is usually extracted from sources such as soy beans, eggs, milk, marine sources, rapeseed, cottonseed and sunflower. The French scientist Maurice Gobley discovered lecithin in 1805. He named it “lekithos” after the Greek word for “egg yolk.” In the early 1900’s soy lecithin was a waste product which occurred during the degumming process of soybean oil. By 1908 the manufacturing of soy bean had flourished and they could not get rid of the waste product fast enough. In Germany, soy processors, thought of ways to use the waste product which they named ’soy lecithin’. By 1939 scientists had discovered over a 1,000 ways to use soy lecithin. Soy lecithin is mostly made from soy oil, which is usually derived through a chemical process hexane.
Reasons to Avoid Soy Lecithin
Some scientists have been claiming that soy Lecithin helps fight atherosclerosis, multiple sclerosis, dementia, liver cirrhosis, anxiety, tremors, gall stones, psoriasis, eczema. However, the biggest problem associated with soy lecithin comes from soy itself because most of the soy in the market is genetically modified (GM). Researchers have proven that GM foods can create potential damages to our health. GM soy contains high levels of toxicants which represent thousands of plant biochemicals and has exhibited toxic effects on animals.
In general, soy contains isoflavonesm which mimics your hormones and leads to disruption of hormone systems in your body.
Additionally, it also acts as goitrogens, which suppress your thyroid function, and triggers many other health problems associated with thyroid suppression. Studies have shown that soy contains toxins and plant oestrogens that could disrupt women’s menstrual cycles, damage the thyroid, lower testosterone levels, stimulate the progression of breast cancer.
Soybeans are high in phytic acid (a substance that can block the absorption of essential minerals such as calcium, iron, magnesium, copper, zink in the intestinal tract).
Producers of soy lecithin use unfermented soy since it’s cheaper, but if you decide to stick to your soy products regardless, look for fermented non-GMO soy sources.
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Mars, inc. was founded by Franklin Clarence Mars. He started the Mars candy factory in 1911 in Tacoma, Washington. One of the most popular candies created by the Mars company is, M&Ms.
M&Ms were created in 1941 and are now sold in over 100 countries with 33 different fillings. The candy-coated chocolate was created to allow soldiers to carry chocolate without the worry of it melting. “Melts in your mouth, not in your hand”.
The two “M”s represent Forest E. Mars Sr and William F. R. Murrie, the son of Hershey chocolate’s president who had a 20% share in the product. This partnership allowed Mars to use Hershey chocolate in their products. Hershey had control of the rationed chocolate at the time.
In 1976, Red candies were eliminated due to consumers health concerns of suspected carcinogen found in dye FD&C Red #2. Red candies were reintroduced in 1986 and Mars, inc. has continued to receive petitions about removing the artificial colors.
A petition by Change.org and a press release from Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) described the artificial colors as “neurotoxic chemicals”.
This petition was similar to that of Kraft, urging them to remove dangerous Yellow #5 and Yellow #6 from its Macaroni and Cheese which was supported by 350,000 signatures.
The CSPI urged the petition to recommend warning labels listing the alleged risks of eight approved FD&C food colors. The CSPI’s Dr Jacobson said: “The evidence that these petrochemicals worsen some children’s behavior is convincing.
“I hope that the committee will advise the agency to both require warning notices and encourage companies voluntarily to switch to safer natural colorings.”
Let’s look at the current ingredients listed on a bag of Original M&Ms:
Milk chocolate (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, skim milk, milk fat, lactose, soy lecithin, salt, artificial color), sugar, cornstarch, >1% corn syrup, dextrin, artificial colors (Blue 1 Lake, Red 40 Lake, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Red 40, Blue 1, Blue 2 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Blue 2), gum acacia.
What are the harm of these ingredients:
•Soy lecithin: 93% of soy is genetically modified. Soy lecithin can cause breast cancer, has negative effects on fertility and reproduction, may lead to behavioral and cerebral abnormalities.
“Lake” within these artificial colors means salt was added to the color. This makes the color insoluble in liquids.
•Blue #1: Produces malignant tumors at the site of injection and by ingestion in rats. Possible effects include asthma, hives, hay fever, low blood pressure, allergic reactions. Caution is advised if aspirin sensitive.
•Red #40: Damages DNA, causes swelling around the mouth, hives, hyperactivity in children and cancer.
•Yellow #6: Can cause cancer, hyperactivity, allergic reactions, diarrhea, vomiting, nettle rash, migraines and swelling of the skin.
•Yellow #5: Can cause allergic reactions, hyperactivity, cancer.
•Blue #2: Is a petroleum based product with a chemical formula of C16H10N2O2. It increases hyperactivity in children, increases brain tumors in lab rats and other abnormal cell development.
•Gum Acacia: Is a dietary fiber from the Acacia tree. It causes gas, bloating, nausea and loose stool.
Unfortunately the Mars company has chosen to continue to use these artificial colors because the FDA has stated they are safe for human consumption. They choose to ignore the scientific data stating otherwise, even though there are other natural, safe color alternatives. In 2007 Forbes reported Mars, inc. made $27.4 million dollars. I think they can afford to make some positive changes to their products, until then, they won’t see a penny of my money.
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As a mom, it breaks my heart to see parents giving Gold Fish, and other artificial cheese snacks, to their kids. To make matters worse, most of these parents consider it a healthy snack. Unfortunately, if your child attends just about any educational establishment, it’s hard to avoid your children being fed Gold Fish. My child never had gold fish until he started going to preschool. I get mad, sometimes even angry because I do everything possible to avoid him being offered junk but it’s merely impossible. So i am asking teachers, schools and parents most of all, read the label and do your research! Our children’s’ health matters!
First of all, Goldfish snack is not kid friendly! It is made of:
And the RAINBOW version of GoldFish contains artificial dyes:
Blue 2,
Red 40,
Red 3, and
Blue 1
GMO Oils and Wheat
First of all, Goldfish is made with genetically engineered ingredients (GMOs) – namely canola or soybean oil. There is nothing healthy or natural about it. Children are the most susceptible to these dangers, becausethey are constantly in a state of high growth. GMO foods, and especially soy, have been tied to an increase in allergies, asthma, and a propensity to get antibiotic resistant infections. A recent story in the UK Telegraph(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8…) revealed that the herbicides used on GM soy are so toxic that direct contact often results in severe illness and sometimes death.
Genetic modification creates new proteins the human body has never before seen. They become these foreign organisms which our bodies try to attack and destroy.
Artificial Dyes
According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, all of these artificial dyes contain potential cancer-causing chemicals and most of them can potentially cause severe allergic reactions in children. According to a study published by Southampton University, food dye negatively affects all children, whether they have food color sensitivity or they have been diagnosed with a hyperactivity disorder. (here)
Non Fat Milk
Conventional milk and dairy products are dangerous to your health due to added dangerous sweeteners. Did you know that one cup of 2-percent milk contains 12.3 grams of sugar, more than a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup and almost as much as a chocolate chip cookie? Plus, low fat milk has no nutrients because by removing the fat from dairy products, food processors end up removing a host of fatty acids and other nutrients along with it.
Please, opt for homemade foods, organic options. Choose foods without artificial dyes, additives, and other ingredients mentioned above.
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While there is no widespread answer there are a few simple ways that will help you to notice the difference between the GMO and non-GMO. Non-GMO is the way to go.
GMO food is going to be more pleasant as far as cosmetics go. It will be the rounder, juicier looking, shinier, more appealing fruit and veggies you’re going to see in the supermarket. As people none of us are exactly the same, this is a known law of nature. Someone is always going to be taller then you or shorter than you. This can be applied to fruit and veggies as well. Real veggies and fruits show many different signs that will let you know they are alive. You can thump a tomato that seems too perfect and if it bruises a bit chances are it’s not GMO. Try to aim for fruits and veggies that aren’t perfect. They’ll be just as delicious i promise, and way healthier as well. Avoiding supermarkets altogether is probably the best solution though, honestly.
Buying from farmers who grow their foods themselves and also ensuring you only pick fruit and veggies that are not perfect will ensure you’re getting completely GMO-free foods. If you must buy from the store though, be sure to avoid expensive looking pretty packaging and go for something simple. GMO food makes more profit and can afford the more flashy packaging to try and draw in more customers.
Be sure to educate yourself as well not only on GMOs in the U.S. but GMOs coming from other countries as well. Other countries have different laws and regulations on this sort of thing than we do. If you gather information from the news and online you will quickly find out about whether the things you may be getting in or from these countries and whether they are GMO or not.
Countries that are considered significant makers of GMO products include:
USA
Argentina
Brazil
China
and India
The workers in Monsanto are not and won’t eat their products yet somehow they expect us to? How sickening. Keep your eyes open for things in the stores you buy from and remember that GMO food is pretty inexpensive but will be packaged expensively and seem more appealing. Also usually when you find things that aren’t in season in stores you buy from just about all year round that means that the product is being imported or being developed in nurseries therefore it is probably made from GMO. Just keeping these things in mind will help you and your health in the long run. If the people from Monsanto themselves won’t eat their GMO products why should we?
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The Monsanto Company has been active for over 100 years in the United States, and yet the St. Louis based genetically modified seed and chemical giant’s long legacy of nefarious actions has only recently come into public view.
The mainstream in America is just now waking up to the destruction caused to humans, animals and the environment by Monsanto after all these years, but for the people living in communities that have been damaged and even destroyed by the corporation’s unscrupulous practices, the harsh truth has been ever-present (see this ‘Timeline of Crime’ for more on the dark history of Monsanto from the Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance’s page).
In an effort to document Monsanto’s toxic legacy, photographer Mathieu Asselin spent three years traveling across the United States capturing images of the people whose lives been most deeply affected, and in some cases destroyed, by the monstrous chemical company that happens to control much of our food supply (and key positions in our government, not so coincidentally).
Asselin, who is planning to finish his project titled ‘Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation’ with visits to both Tu Du Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (to see the consequences of the use of Monsanto’s Agent Orange during the Vietnam War firsthand); and to the Svalbard Global Seed Bank in Norway where seeds from all around the world are stored as a backup plan in large part due to the rise of genetically modified seeds, is raising money in hopes of making these trips.
Mathieu Asselin has been photographing towns impacted by Monsanto and needs about $6,000 to complete his project; click here to support his project.
My interest in Monsanto started five years ago through the conversations I had with my father. I began a meticulous investigation, researching archival materials, collecting Monsanto’s memorabilia and establishing contacts with various investigators working in related areas.
This project is a window into the past and the present to better understand the future of this multinational. I want to expose Monsanto’s irresponsible and harmful activities. Many of them are barely known to the public. My intention is to raise public awareness in a moment when we are deciding the future of how and who will have control over food, and how we as consumers are going to relate to it.
My photographic project investigates key milestones in Monsanto’s 100-plus year history by documenting communities where lives were dramatically affected by the unscrupulous policies of this corporation.
During the last three years I’ve extensively traveled around the United States. I went to Alabama, West Virginia and Missouri to document communities located in the areas contaminated by Monsanto. Residents in these areas have a very high level of cancer.
In Pennsylvania and Ohio, I photographed children of U.S. Vietnam War veterans whose health was impacted through their parents’ exposure to Agent Orange.
I met with families of farmers in Maine and Indiana: their businesses were endangered by Monsanto’s patent infringement laws on GMO seeds.
The project combines environmental portraits, landscapes and archival materials.
Below is a collection of photos with captions taken on my tour:
Edgemont Cemetery, West Anniston, Alabama 2012
David Baker, 65, at his brother Terry’s grave. Terry Baker died at the age of 16 from a brain tumor and lung cancer caused by PCB exposure. The average level of PCBs in Anniston is 27 times higher than the national average. David Baker founded the organization Citizens Against Pollution in response to the environmental contamination in the area. He was the driving force behind the lawsuit that in 2002 forced Monsanto to pay $700 million to settle claims by more than 20,000 Anniston residents over PCB contamination.
The
Monsanto Company has been active for over 100 years in the United
States, and yet the St. Louis based genetically modified seed and
chemical giant’s long legacy of nefarious actions has only recently come
into public view. The
mainstream in America is just now waking up to the destruction caused to
humans, animals and the environment by Monsanto after all these years,
but for the people living in communities that have been damaged and even
destroyed by the corporation’s unscrupulous practices, the harsh truth
has been ever-present (see this ‘Timeline of Crime’ for more on the dark history of Monsanto from the Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance’s page). In
an effort to document Monsanto’s toxic legacy, photographer Mathieu
Asselin spent three years traveling across the United States capturing
images of the people whose lives been most deeply affected, and in some
cases destroyed, by the monstrous chemical company that happens to
control much of our food supply (and key positions in our government, not so coincidentally). Asselin, who is planning to finish his project titled ‘Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation’
with visits to both Tu Du Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (to see
the consequences of the use of Monsanto’s Agent Orange during the
Vietnam War firsthand); and to the Svalbard Global Seed Bank in Norway
where seeds from all around the world are stored as a backup plan in
large part due to the rise of genetically modified seeds, is raising
money in hopes of making these trips. You can click on this link to support Mathieu’s project financially; in the meantime check out his hauntingly beautiful work below. But first, an intro from Mathieu himself:
- See more at:
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West Anniston, Alabama 2012
A house, located close the former Monsanto Plant (Solutia Plant today), abandoned due to a high level of PCBs. Monsanto’s facility was in a primarily low-income neighborhood and affected more than 20,000 people. Today, it represents the biggest population affected by a single contamination. In recent years, Monsanto has bought and demolished around 100 PCB-contaminated houses and businesses in the area, turning the neighborhood into a virtual ghost town.
West Anniston, Alabama 2012
An abandoned park where PCB levels are particularly high in West Anniston.
Choccolocco Creek, Anniston, Alabama, 2012
For nearly 40 years, while producing the now-banned industrial coolants known as PCBs at a local factory, Monsanto Co. routinely discharged toxic waste into a West Anniston creek and dumped millions of pounds of PCBs into oozing open-pit landfills. And thousands of pages of Monsanto documents — many emblazoned with warnings such as “CONFIDENTIAL: Read and Destroy” – show that for decades, the corporate giant concealed what it did and what it knew.
Sturgeon, Missouri 2013
On January 10, 1979 on the above intersection, a freight train accident in Sturgeon, Missouri spilled thousands of gallons of a wood preservative called Chlorophenol. The cargo came from Monsanto’s chemical plant in Sauget, where it had until recently been manufacturing its PCBs. Monsanto tried to deny the presence of dioxin (the most toxic man-made chemical) in the spill, however, the EPA testing documented its high levels. The Monsanto Company was found liable for failing to warn Sturgeon residents about the risks of this spill.
The State Historical Museum of Missouri, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Microfilm machine with the Sturgeon accident headline.
Postcard of the Former Monsanto Factory in Anniston, AL 1936
From Mathieu’s collection.
Sauget, Illinois 2012
Sauget was formed in 1926 and was known as “Monsanto City”. In the time of strict environmental regulations, “Monsanto City” provided a liberal regulatory environment and low taxes for the Monsanto chemical plants. Monsanto’s plant in Sauget was the nation’s largest producer of PCBs, a cancer-causing chemical.
A high concentration of dioxin and PCBs were detected in a two-mile stretch of a local creek, located within a residential area of Sauget. Toxic substances were associated with chemical products and wastes from the Monsanto facilities. In 2001, after years of investigation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated the plant site along Dead Creek as a Superfund Site.
Poca River Basin, West Virginia 2012
Poca River basin is part of the area locally known as the “Chemical Valley”. During its peak in the 1950s and early 1960s, the area was the leading chemical producer in the world. Monsanto’s plant near the town of Nitro was the primary manufacturer of Agent Orange. The waste and residues from the plant were illegally dumped around the area. For years, the leaks from the dump sites have contaminated Poca River which joins Kanawha River, the largest inland waterway in West Virginia.
Poca River Basin, West Virginia 2012
Headless snake in a contaminated site.
Poca River, West Virginia
For years, the leaks from the dump sites have contaminated Poca River which joins Kanawha River, the largest inland waterway in West Virginia.
Amber Beller, resident of Poca River Basin, West Virginia 2012
Amber Beller holds a photograph of her mother, Shirley Beller, who died of ovarian cancer in 2006. The level of cancer has reached abnormal numbers in the communities located close the Monsanto’s dump sites in Poca River basin. Almost everybody has a family member affected by cancer.
Lee Roy Muck at his home in the Poca Basin; below are pictures of his late wife
Like an alarming number of residents in the area, his wife suffered a cancer related death (ovarian).
Heather Bowser, Canfield, Ohio 2012
Heather Bowser describes herself as a child of Agent Orange. She was born without several fingers and is missing a part of her right leg. She is convinced that the cause is Agent Orange. Her father, Bill Morris, fought in Vietnam and was exposed to Agent Orange.
In 2012, Bowser co-founded the non-profit Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance (COVVHA) with activist Kelly Derricks, who also has battled severe health issues due to her father’s exposure to Agent Orange while serving in the Vietnam War.
Bill Morris, Heather Bowser’s father, was one of thousands of young Americans deployed to Vietnam in late 1960s. Morris had served in areas that were sprayed by Agent Orange, probably while he was there. By the early 1980s, while he was in his 30s, his body started to break down. Morris’ health problems were directly tied to exposure to Agent Orange. Bill Morris passed away on March 11, 1998.
Monsanto’s Herbicide Handbook
To help customers to select herbicides for a particular crop, Monsanto produced a reference manual in 1971. The success of the herbicide Lasso had turned Monsanto’s struggling Agriculture Division around, and by the time Agent Orange was banned in the U.S. and Lasso was facing increasing criticism, Monsanto had developed the weedkiller “Roundup”as a replacement. Launched in 1976, Roundup helped to make Monsanto the world’s largest producer of herbicides.
David Runyon, Geneva, Indiana 2013
In July 2004, David and his family was a victim of Monsanto reckless persecution of farmers in the USA. Wrongly accused of using Monsanto Patented seed, David was asked by Monsanto’s lawyers to turn over all his business records including taxes. In February 2005 Monsanto asked to inspect his farm. A letter claimed that this was as per the agreement between Indiana Department of Agriculture and Monsanto. However, Monsanto’s use of deceit is apparent from the fact that there was no Department of Agriculture in Indiana at that point of time. As with David Runyon, Monsanto has propagated a climate of fear among farmers in rural U.S. Not many farmers and seed cleaners are as lucky as David was.
The Center for Food Safety 2012 report ‘Monsanto vs. Farmers’ showed that: As of November 28, 2012, Monsanto had filed 142 lawsuits against farmers for alleged violations of its Technology Agreement and/or its patents on genetically engineered seeds. These cases have involved 410 farmers and 56 small farm businesses.
Troy Roush, once big on Biotech, was wrongly accused of saving seed. The legal fight cost him $390,000 in lawyers’ fees. Since then he has begun to see the way the system is devastating traditional farming.
“Genetically modified crops are destroying the social fabric of our rural communities” he says.
Roush probably couldn’t go back to conventional crops even if he could find good conventional seed; once Monsanto’s DNA is in your field it’s almost impossible to get it out. And with the corporate DNA police abroad in the land, farmers can’t afford to take a chance. So it looks as though there’s no turning back from a future in which Monsanto and a handful of other companies own the genetic building blocks of the world’s food supply, unless major changes are made soon that is.
‘I’d put the genie back in the bottle in a heartbeat,’ says Roush.
Indiana 2013, GMO Corn
In 1996, Monsanto introduced its first GMO (genetically modified organism, lab created) seeds. It ensured that farmers could not save the seeds and essentially lose the ownership of their seeds. Consequently, the power balance shifted away from the farmers to corporations who now own about 80 percent of GM corn and 93 percent of the GM soy market.
Now farmers not only have to buy the seeds from the corporations year after year, but they are also forced to comply with the rules and regulations embedded in the contracts, which are designed to put the farmers at a juridical disadvantage. Since they have been wrongly accused, Dave Runyon, Troy Roush and Moe Parr (a seed cleaner who was sued by Monsanto for “encouraging GM soybean farmers to save their seed”) have traveled the world speaking out publicly about Monsanto’s reckless, domineering business practices.
Monsanto Magazine Ads from 1943
From Mathieu’s collection.
Monsanto memorabilia
From Mathieu’s collection.
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Special thanks to Mathieu Asselin for allowing us to share his work with the world, and for taking such a vested interest in such an important topic.
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P.S. What’s it like when Monsanto knocks on your door in the dead of night asking to see your business records and threatening to sue? Find out in Mathieu’s mini-documentary below…
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On their cite, The American Institute for Cancer states that
“Exploration has demonstrated that most cancers can be avoided.
Researchers now guessed that 60 percent to 70 percent of tumors are all
preventable through as of now accessible data and straightforward
changes in eating regimen and way of life.”
This is an empowering explanation, so this article will point at
those cancer- causing foods that should be avoided in your regular
dietary way of life, in order to discard toxins that can expand your
possibility of cancer and thus enhance your wellbeing.
1. Sugar
For the individuals who are facing up with cancer, the key is to eliminate the sugar. Cancer cells
advance in sugar and any nourishment that changes over to sugar, for
example, grains, pastas, carbs, bread and most organic products. For the
individuals who want to maintain wellbeing, having balanced eating
routine that incorporates organic products is the best alternative.
2. Non-organic fruit and vegetables
Non- organic fruits and vegetables are developed with GMO seeds,
pesticides and herbicides. All of these are dangerous to your health.
3. Hydrogenated oils
Hydrogenated oils, otherwise called trans-fats, are in fact, a man-made
product. The Harvard School of Public Health states that trans-fats
advance immune system over-action and inflammations are connected to
coronary illness, stroke and diabetes, among other endless infections.
Their synthetic structure has been adjusted to keep the item from
going rancid with a specific end goal to expand their timeframe of life.
Chemicals are likewise used to mask the smell and change the essence of
the oil.
4. Processed foods
Nitrites and nitrates which are in high amounts present in cured meats,
which are additives that can, in vast sums, conceivably expand your
danger of stomach and different tumors. Prepared foods are brimming with
sugars, oils, colors, white flours, flavorings and other horrible
ingredients.
5. Soy protein isolate
The American Dietetic Association indicates that soy protein isolates
are known to consist of anti-nutrient that can create or delay the
body’s capacity to process food and absorb the supplements into the
circulatory system. 90-95 percent of U.S. -- developed soybeans, used to
make soy protein separate, are “roundup prepared,” which means that
they have been hereditarily changed to withstand herbicides.
Soy undergoes acid washing in aluminum tanks industrially, and
aluminum is profoundly poisonous to the nervous system and kidneys.
6. Cured and smoked foods
Apart from being used as additives to keep food from rotting, nitrates
and nitrites are also used to add color to meats. When cooked, nitrites
and nitrates change into by-items called N-nitroso mixes, for example,
nitrosamines and nitrosamides. N-nitroso mixes are connected with an
expanded danger of cancer.
7. GMOs
GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) food ought to be avoided. However,
these harmful food items have penetrated our nourishment supply at a
dangerous rate.
8. Grilled meat
PAHs, or polycyclic scented hydrocarbons, are delivered through specific
sorts of burning, for instance, the burning of coal or wood. The danger
for cancer-causing presentation is expanded by the extra issue which is
created when fat from meat trickles onto a flame. Then, in case of a
sudden outbreak and smoke, the PAHs join themselves to the nourishment
you are cooking.
9. BPA lined cans
Laboratory studies in cells and animals have connected BPA to cancer,
impotence, diabetes and obesity. This component found in hard plastics
and sticky substance is used to coat metal cans. It can also be found in
various plastic items and dental composites. Unless a canned thing is
named BPA free, it most probably contains bisphenol-A (BPA).
10. Farmed fish
Farmed fish contain
more prominent levels of chemical pollutants than wild fish, including
PCB’s a known cancer-causing agent, according to Food and Water Watch.
Fish are more likely to be influenced by sickness expanding the
utilization of anti-infection utilization, as a result of overcrowding
in fish ranches. Moreover, they are more vulnerable to sea lice, which
implies they are additionally treated with pesticides.
11. White flour
The seeds from which are developed the commercial grains are treated
with fungicide. The plants are then splashed with pesticides, and
collected and put away in bins covered with bug sprays. Grains are then
prepared in high temperature speed rollers. Chlorine oxide as a chlorine
gas shower is used as a whitener, and in addition as a maturing agent.
In the end, the starch we are buying has no supplements and is brimming
with poisons.
12. Microwave popcorn
Microwave popcorn are lined with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA),
Perfluoroalkyls and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) to keep oil from
dousing through the packing. When warmed, these chemicals filter into
the popcorn and act as blood contaminants when ingested. PFOA has been
linked to tumors in animal organs (liver, pancreas, testicles and
mammary organs in rats), and grows in prostate cancer in PFOA plant
specialists.
13.Soda- sports drinks
Drinking soda or sports d rinks possess no dietary quality. In contrary,
these beverages contain brominated vegetable oil (a fire resistant),
aspartame, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, colors, and different
chemicals.
14.Refined sugars
The link between sugar and various issues has been scientifically
discovered, for example, sugar is related to low HDL levels, corpulence,
immune suppression, expanded danger for coronary illness, undesirable
levels of blood fats, higher blood triglyceride levels, joint
inflammation and a large group of different ills. As mentioned, tumor
cells advance in sugar.
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In March 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is the research arm of the World Health Organization (WHO), determined glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, to be a “probable carcinogen” (Class 2A).
This determination was based on evidence showing the popular weed killer can cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma and lung cancer in humans, along with “convincing evidence” it can also cause cancer in animals.
Monsanto has maintained that the classification as a carcinogen is wrong and continues to tout glyphosate (and Roundup) as one of the safest pesticides on the planet.1
However, they’ve now been slapped with a growing number of lawsuits alleging they long knew that Roundup’s glyphosate could harm human health. Reuters reported:
“Monsanto ‘led a prolonged campaign of misinformation to convince government agencies, farmers, and the general population that Roundup was safe,’ the lawsuit states.
… ‘We can prove that Monsanto knew about the dangers of glyphosate,’ said Michael McDivitt, whose Colorado-based law firm is putting together cases for 50 individuals. ‘There are a lot of studies showing glyphosate causes these cancers.’”
In fact, internal Monsanto documents reveal they knew over 30 years ago that glyphosate caused adenomas and carcinomas in the rats they studied – and that’s only the beginning of Monsanto’s trouble. As each day goes by, the GMO (genetically modified organism) cookie continues to crumble…
Monsanto Asks California to Withdraw Glyphosate on Its Carcinogen List
California environmental officials intend to add glyphosate to their Proposition 65 list of cancer-causing chemicals. Established in California in 1986, Proposition 65 requires consumer products with potential cancer-causing ingredients to bear warning labels.
Rather than label their products sold in California as likely carcinogenic, most companies reformulated their product ingredients so as to avoid warning labels altogether, and they did this on a national scale, not just in California.
Monsanto, however, is trying a different strategy. They filed formal comments with the state’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment saying the plan to list glyphosate as a carcinogen should be withdrawn.
Their reasoning was that California’s actions could be considered illegal because, Monsanto claimed, they were no considering valid scientific evidence.2
The comment was slipped in on the final day the state accepted public comments, perhaps because Monsanto was trying not to attract too much fanfare to their attempts to keep people in the dark about their carcinogenic product.
It wouldn’t be the first time, either. Not only has the company been steadfastly fighting against GMO labeling, but they also feigned ignorance on the dangers of PCBs for several decades, which turned out to be a bold-faced lie.
Monsanto (and Monsanto-related entities) is now facing at least 700 lawsuits on behalf of people who claim their exposure to PCBs, which Monsanto manufactured until the 1970s, caused non-Hodgkin lymphoma.3
Monsanto Employees Urged to Seek Legal Counsel Regarding Their Financial Rights…
Among the lawsuits filed against Monsanto are those from former farm workers who maintain their cancers (non-Hodgkin lymphoma, bone cancer, and others) were caused by glyphosate exposure. It’s also alleged that Monsanto engaged in false advertising that Roundup affects enzymes in plants but not in people.4
Aside from farm workers who may have suffered from years of glyphosate usage, another group of Monsanto’s victims may be their own employees.
Monsanto is being investigated for possible violations of the federal Employee Retirement Income Securities Act of 1974 (ERISA) regarding their Monsanto Savings and Investment Plan. As reported by Business Wire:5
“ERISA imposes fiduciary duties to prudently manage and invest the assets of the Plan. These duties were potentially violated by Monsanto’s continued offering of its company stock while it allegedly knew that the stock price was artificially inflated.
… According to employee stock fraud attorney, Jake Zamansky, Monsanto’s existing and former employees who purchased company stock through the Savings and Investment Plan may have suffered damage to their retirement savings.
If the lawsuit allegations that Monsanto knew the risks of Roundup pesticides prove true, Zamansky states, then the Company knew that its stock price was artificially inflated and that it would correct when the truth came out.
Monsanto’s existing and former employees who bought or held company stock that was artificially inflated were likely damaged, he states.”
Senate Hearing on GMO Labeling Deemed a ‘Travesty’
HR 1599, incorrectly named "The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act,” introduced by Rep. Pompeo with guidance from the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), was passed by the US House of Representatives in July 2015.
The bill is commonly referred to as the "Deny Americans the Right to Know," or DARK, Act, as it extends unprecedented protection to Monsanto and other biotechnology companies while decimating state and consumer rights.
In addition to barring states from creating their own food labeling requirements for GMOs, HR 1599 preempts any and all state and local regulation of genetically modified (GM) crops – increasing corporate control of our food systems.
Adding insult to injury, HR 1599 will allow GMOs to be labeled as "natural" while forcing the burden of cost to conventional food providers, requiring a federal certification to be labeled as non-GMO.
HR 1599 slipped through the House greased with lots of GMA (Grocery Manufacturers Association, aka Junk Food Industry) and biotech money and then headed into the Senate in October 2015.
Unfortunately, instead of hearing testimonies from parties on both sides of the issue, the hearing was reportedly stacked with pro-GMO witnesses from the biotech and food industries.
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA), which was not invited to testify, called the Senate hearing a “travesty” and noted that of the eight witnesses allowed to testify, only one could be remotely considered as someone who represented the interests of consumers and public health.
The other seven had ties to biotech and corporate food industries and were there to represent the interests of the corporations, not people.6 According to OCA, this included:7
Michael Gregoire, associate administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA): Gregoire helped Monsanto by cutting in half the time it takes for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to rubber-stamp a new GMO crop.
William Jordan, deputy director, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Jordan oversaw the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) reaction to the infamous StarLink GMO contamination scandal in 2000.
The StarLink corn variety, engineered to produce a Bt toxin, was supposed to be limited to animal feed and industrial use, out of fear it might cause severe allergic reactions. But it turned up in taco shells, and people started getting sick. Jordan refused to punish StarLink producer Aventis with even so much as a fine.
Joanna Lidback, producer, The Farm at Wheeler Mountain, Barton, Vt.: Lidback is a graduate of the American Farm Bureau’s Monsanto-funded Partners in Agricultural Leadership program. Lidback has an MBA and works full-time as a business consultant to Yankee Farm Credit. She is the first vice president of the Orleans County Farm Bureau.
She’s on the board of directors of the Truth About Trade & Technology. Lidback also represents Agri-Mark, the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, and the National Milk Producers Federation, as a dairy farmer producing milk for Cabot Cheese.
Vermont’s GMO labeling law won’t impact Lidback’s farm because it doesn’t cover the products of animals fed genetically engineered feed, but Lidback falsely claimed that the law could put her farm out of business.
Daryl E. Thomas, senior vice president, Herr Foods, Inc., Nottingham, Pa.: Herr Foods represents the typical food company that wants to make money from the market for non-GMO foods, while keeping consumers in the dark about which foods contain GMO ingredients.
On Herr’s website, the company explains its twisted position this way: “We know that food safety is paramount to everyone. So while we continue to explore opportunities to offer the latest developments in non-GMO ingredients, we remain committed to delivering to you the safest and best tasting snacks possible.”
Herr’s recently began marketing a non-GMO popcorn called Go-Lite! Herr’s has been lobbying against mandatory GMO labels with the Snack Food Association.
Ronald E. Kleinman, physician in chief, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, Mass.: Kleinman… worked for the GMO junk food industry during the Prop 37 campaign to label GMOs in California. Kleinman presents webinars on children’s health, for Coca-Cola, among the “most common misperceptions among parents”
Dr. Kleinman promises to clear up on behalf of the soda giant are “the safety… of sugar, artificial colors, and non-nutritive sweeteners in children’s diets.”
His bio on the Massachusetts General Hospital webpage says he consults for the Grain Food Foundation, Beech Nut, Burger King, and General Mills… and he contributed to a children’s brochure entitled “Variety’s Mountain” produced by the Sugar Association.
Kevin Folta: Bizarre Conflict of Interest Scandal Revealed
University of Florida professor Kevin Folta, a vocal advocate against GMOs, has vehemently denied ever receiving any money from Monsanto, but was caught having been less than forthright about his connections to the company when his email correspondence was released in response to a freedom of information (FOIA) request by US Right to Know. In August of last year, Folta did in fact receive a $25,000 unrestricted grant from Monsanto, and Folta wrote back to a Monsanto executive saying: "I am grateful for this opportunity and promise a solid return on the investment."
However, despite a rare flurry of media attention, none of the mainstream media outlets have addressed the most flagrant piece of evidence against Folta, showing that not only did he solicit these funds from Monsanto, he appeared to do so with intent to hide the financial connection between them. Folta even went so far as to create a bizarre alter ego, Vern Blazek, a supposed radio personality in Tillamook, Oregon, who held podcasts to sort through “the shills and charlatans to distill the scientific truth.”
Blazek hosted an interview with none other than Kevin Folta in June 2015, in which they discussed GMOs. As reported by BuzzFeed’s Brooke Borel:8
“Anti-GMO activists, Folta lamented to Blazek, were making misguided attempts to tie independent scientists to the agricultural giant Monsanto, one of the most polarizing companies in America. In July, through a bizarre email exchange, I discovered that Blazek is Folta’s alter ego. It was Folta who put on that disguised voice and interviewed his colleagues. It was Folta who had interviewed himself, without ever telling his audience. Because of our correspondence, Folta shut down the show and killed off Vern. Two weeks after that, a scandal broke that uprooted his life.
That’s when a group called U.S. Right to Know revealed the results of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for the emails of Folta and 42 other public university employees whose work in some way relates to food. The group hoped to reveal unsavory ties between scientists and the biotech industry — and particularly to Monsanto. As activists and journalists mined some 4,600 pages of Folta’s emails and other records, they uncovered a nuanced intellectual and financial relationship to the company.
Folta had exchanged friendly emails with Ketchum — a firm that handles public relations for the Council for Biotechnology Information, an industry group of which Monsanto is a member — and collaborated with them on language about GMOs that he posted to an industry-funded website. He had worked with Ketchum on an op-ed for the Orlando Sentinel. And Monsanto had enlisted him to speak to skeptical farmers in Colorado who didn’t want to hear about GMOs directly from the company.”
The New York Times posted a long list of emails between Folta and Monsanto, obtained through the FOIA request. I encourage you to read these emails to see for yourself how Monsanto's PR firms use "independent" scientists to further the industry's version of science.9
Donald Trump Retweets, Then Deletes, Monsanto Slam – Why?
In October 2015, polls revealed that 2016 presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson was leading in Iowa. Shortly after, Donald Trump retweeted this message:10“‘@mygreenhippo #BenCarson is now leading in the #polls in #Iowa. Too much #Monsanto in the #corn creates issues in the brain? #Trump #GOP.'”
The retweet was deleted after a few hours and Trump blamed it on a “young intern,” but there was likely a very good reason why the retweet was quickly removed. Trump was trailing in Iowa, which is one of the leading producers of Monsanto’s taxpayer-subsidized corn, which in turn is used to produce ethanol.
According to the Iowa Corn Growers Association, ethanol is a major market for Iowa corn, and 47 percent of Iowa corn goes into ethanol production. There are 42 corn ethanol plants in the state, which produce close to 25 percent of all ethanol production in the US.11 Ethanol is poised to become a central issue in the upcoming election. As reported by Bloomberg earlier this year:12
“… [E]fforts [were made] by Iowa Governor Terry Branstad… to start a grass-roots effort to make ethanol a central issue in the Iowa caucuses next January, traditionally the first vote of the presidential primary season. Earlier this year, Branstad announced the formation of a new group, America’s Renewable Future, which intends to mobilize a pro-ethanol army of 25,000 people from each party to participate in the caucuses.
The group is backed by Growth Energy, the most active ethanol lobby, and headed by Branstad’s son Eric, who was Iowa field director for the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign. He says he plans to open an office in each of Iowa’s 99 counties. ‘We can get our message into the coffee shops where the candidates are,’ Eric says. ‘Then we can use Iowa’s unique status to teach the rest of the country how important ethanol is.’”
The US green energy policy requires oil companies to blend corn ethanol into their gasoline, which has driven up corn prices (until last year) and created an absolutely tragic environmental blunder. The federal government has moved to lower ethanol quotas for oil refiners, but the US EPA increased them anyway earlier this year.13 But the real issue is that plowing up native grasslands to plant vast expanses of corn and soy – the epitome of monoculture – needs to be stopped – not further subsidized by the government.
Such practice releases carbon dioxide into the environment while increasing erosion and the use of toxic fertilizers and other chemicals; it also destroys habitat for native plants and wildlife. Corn crops are already subsidized by the US government, so between subsidies and rising ethanol-driven prices, corn has become quite a cash crop for farmers.
But this "green energy" program is backfiring, because there's nothing "green" about planting an absolutely unnecessary surplus of corn, especially when natural prairies are being sacrificed. Not to mention, ethanol has been found to be worse for engines,14worse for mileage,15 and more about political agendas than economic or environmental ones.
“Today, the government decides and they misdirect the investment to their friends in the corn industry or the food industry. Think how many taxpayer dollars have been spent on corn [for ethanol], and there's nobody now really defending that as an efficient way to create diesel fuel or ethanol. The money is spent for political reasons and not for economic reasons. It's the worst way in the world to try to develop an alternative fuel.”
As further reported by Clean Technica, corn ethanol fuel standards have created more problems than solutions:17
“A ten-year review of the US Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) by researchers at the University of Tennessee (UT) found that the RFS is ‘too reliant’ on corn ethanol, and the production of this biofuel is resulting in additional water and soil problems, as well as 'hampering advancements' in other biofuels.”
Meanwhile, how can there be talks of a food shortage when the US is using up some of its best soil to grow corn for fuel? Not to mention that, by driving up prices, it may actually contribute to hunger. More than 800 million people around the world don’t have access to enough to eat, and when corn prices rise, it makes it difficult for even more people to feed their families. Nearly half of the corn grown in the US goes toward fuel, while people are starving around the world…
Monsanto’s GM crops are often touted as necessary to ensure global food security, even though studies show reduced crop yields with their use. Feed the world? More like starve the world to protect Monsanto’s fuel subsidy…
We Only Have a Limited Time to Set Our Senators Straight
Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan) introduced a bill that would preempt states' rights to enact GMO labeling laws. It would specifically prohibit Congress or individual states from requiring mandatory labeling of GMO foods or ingredients. It would also allow food manufacturers to use the word "natural" on products that contain GMOs.
Unfortunately, the bill has been passed in the House and now heads to the Senate. There needs to be an extra push to put an end to the absurdity. It's imperative you contact your senators today urging them to not support HR 1599. Tell them this bill is an attack on consumer rights and states' rights, and you expect your elected officials to protect you.
You can find your senators' contact information by clicking the button below, or by calling the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. To set up an in-person meeting with your senators, contact their district office.
It's really imperative to concentrate our efforts on our senators right now, and to inform them accurately. They're being deceived by industry lobbyists, and this is our last chance to preserve our right to know what is in our food.
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