The many cides of modern food production

[Guest guest]

http://www.newstarget.com/021803.html

 

When it comes to modern food production, there are many " cides " to the story. You can't even talk about food production without hearing lots of different " cides " such as pesticides, fungicides, insecticides and herbicides. I thought we'd add another cide to the story and include genocide.

The word suffix " cide " means something is being killed, by the way. " Pesti-cide " means something that kills pests. " Fungi-cide " means something that kills fungus. " Herbi-cide " means something that kills plants (herbs). Similarly, " Geno-cide " loosely means killing a targeted group of people, usually for some evil purpose of control, profit or cultural extermination.

And isn't that exactly what the food corporations are doing to the world right now? Isn't it a form of genocide to intentionally contaminate the public

food supply with toxic chemical additives, cancer-causing preservatives, hydrogenated oils, sodium nitrite, MSG, petroleum-based food coloring chemicals and more? Isn't it corporate genocide being committed against the people?

I find it interesting that if terrorists put a chemical in the food supply that killed a million people, it would be called a great crime against humanity, and we'd probably bomb some nation into dust in retaliation (see related cartoon, the Food Terrorists). But when a U.S. food corporation puts chemical additives into the food that ultimately kill a million people through heart disease,

cancer, obesity and diabetes, nobody seems to notice. Food companies have been given a free pass to commit genocide by the very people who are supposed to be regulating them: the FDA and USDA in the United States, and other regulatory agencies in Europe, Canada, Australia and elsewhere.

This cartoon attempts to depict the cost in human lives of depending on a chemical-based agricultural system in the modern world. We spray chemicals on the food, mill it into a substance that's nutritionally worthless, contaminate it with cancer-causing chemicals, package it in wasteful boxes and plastic containers that create enormous landfill problems, then stuff it into vending machines that line the halls of hospitals, public schools, offices and museums. This is what we call " food. " It is, of course, a complete lie. This " food " has almost nothing in common with real food from nature.But that's what passes for the food that many people eat. Even if they're eating at home, most consumers still buy packaged,

processed foods that contain all the same chemicals as vending machine food. Is it any wonder so many people are dying from preventable diseases in the western world? The people are being poisoned every day by the food supply. It's no secret. Many of the poisons are listed right on the label: Sodium nitrite, hydrogenated oils, FD & C colors, propylene glycol, aspartame, saccharin, phosphoric acid, high-fructose corn syrup and more. (See my book Grocery Warning for details on how to identify and avoid these harmful ingredients.)If they only knew the other " cide " of

food production, many those consumers would wise up and think twice about what they're buying. That's why informed people have increasingly decided to buy organic whenever possible. Organically produced food isn't subjected to all the chemical pesticides, herbicides and fungicides. So it's healthier for you and easier on the environment (because where do you think all those chemicals go after the next rain? They end up down stream...) Plus, organic food has been scientifically shown to possess higher densities of vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients (plant-based natural medicines) compared to conventionally grown food.

So buy organic. Save yourself (and your family) from genocide. And read those ingredients labels. Don't buy foods made with chemicals you can't pronouce. Keep your diet clean, simple, sustainable and organic, and you won't become the next victim of a monstrous food industry that continues to commit " Consumercide. "

[Guest guest]

what is the phrase again? " for evil to flourish it only needs good

people to stand and do nothing " or some words similar to that...

 

Monsanto and other genocidal-food producers not only do nothing but

are constantly working to get their GM technology out there and many

good people do nothing to stop them sometimes, unaware, actively help

them. with pseudo-science and the constant perjorative attitude that

people who are against GM foods are anti-science or simply too stupid

to understand. it is ridiculous. but the governments do not seem to

want to do ANYTHING to stop this pollution and genocide and to protect

their own populations, they are blinded by pseudo-science, bribed,

blackmailed, overwhelmed by lobbying and unfair practices of the GM

food corps. where is the stupidity???

 

there is NO need for GM foods. none at all. our food source is

perfect as is! it has suited our needs for generations, for

millennia! and for the sake of a few individuals greed we are prepared

to sacrifice millions and billions. through apathy, ignorance and

being deliberately lied to we allow this " cide " to continue unabated,

growing, polluting, destroying life everywhere.

 

where is the stupidity - to me, it lies right here in the not knowing

how to COMBAT this. aside from avoiding their products what more can

one do? this poisoning of generations of people - leaving them sick

with immune disorders, ME, chronic fatigue unable to cope, to look

after their families, to live life as they should be allowed to. i

wonder where the solution lies? how to bring down this technology

once and for all --- and perhaps it does lie in the courts? perhaps

the answer lies in an enormous law suit, a tort, with every single

person who has developed these digestive/immune system disorders

claiming compensation against Monsanto. with every farmer that has

developed a degenerative disease claiming against Monsanto. with

every parent whose child has a neuro-disability because of the poisons

present in the mother while she was pregnant claiming against Monsanto.

 

how else to defeat it? i would never wish to stoop to their level of

dishonesty. i think that by becoming as bad as they are - that way,

everybody loses. it has to be done honestly, fairly, in a right way.

but they HAVE to be stopped. i know the victims of Agent Orange

poisoning (Monsanto's first wonderful product - and the first in their

long line of birth-defect causing products/toxic poisons) - tried to

sue Monsanto but they didn't manage to get anywhere, i don't think.

 

i believe the US govt owns 50% of Monsanto stock, and they

consistently bail them out financially, plus Rumsfeld was on the board

aswell - so they are unlikely to pursue it - but other countries could

stop it simply by not allowing the technology into their countries.

 

and despite the fact that the US government then starts implying it

will impose sanctions or alternatively on the poorer/third world

countries withdraw aid programmes. still do not allow it in - it has

to be worth it. it just has to be worth it.

 

all it takes for evil to flourish is for good people to do NOTHING.

but what to do? how to do it? where to start???? how to defeat it?

i wish i knew!!!!

 

at least getting out articles - like the one below are a sort of

start. i hope.

 

thanks for that!

 

 

 

, " karthik ramanathan "

<karthik.ramanathan wrote:

>

> http://www.newstarget.com/021803.html

>

> When it comes to modern food production, there are many " cides " to the

> story. You can't even talk about food production without hearing lots of

> different " cides " such as pesticides, fungicides, insecticides and

> herbicides. I thought we'd add another cide to the story and include

> genocide.

>

> The word suffix " cide " means something is being killed, by the way.

> " Pesti-cide " means something that kills pests. " Fungi-cide " means

something

> that kills fungus. " Herbi-cide " means something that kills plants

(herbs).

> Similarly, " Geno-cide " loosely means killing a targeted group of people,

> usually for some evil purpose of control, profit or cultural

extermination.

>

> And isn't that exactly what the food corporations are doing to the world

> right now? Isn't it a form of genocide to intentionally contaminate the

> public food supply <http://www.newstarget.com/food_supply.html> with

toxic

> chemical additives, cancer-causing preservatives, hydrogenated

> oils<http://www.newstarget.com/hydrogenated_oils.html>,

> sodium nitrite, MSG, petroleum-based food coloring chemicals and

more? Isn't

> it corporate genocide being committed against the people?

>

> I find it interesting that if

> terrorists<http://www.newstarget.com/terrorists.html>put a chemical in

> the food supply that killed a million people, it would be

> called a great crime against humanity, and we'd probably bomb some

nation

> into dust in retaliation (see related cartoon, the Food

> Terrorists<http://www.newstarget.com/020656.html>).

> But when a U.S. food corporation puts chemical additives into the

food that

> ultimately kill a million people through heart disease,

> cancer<http://www.newstarget.com/cancer.html>,

> obesity and diabetes, *nobody seems to notice*. Food companies have been

> given a free pass to commit genocide by the very people who are

supposed to

> be regulating them: the FDA and USDA in the United States, and other

> regulatory agencies in Europe, Canada, Australia and elsewhere.

>

> This cartoon attempts to depict the cost in human lives of depending

on a

> chemical-based agricultural system in the modern world. We spray

chemicals

> on the food, mill it into a substance that's nutritionally worthless,

> contaminate it with cancer-causing chemicals, package it in wasteful

boxes

> and plastic containers that create enormous landfill problems, then

stuff it

> into vending machines

<http://www.newstarget.com/vending_machines.html> that

> line the halls of hospitals, public schools, offices and museums.

This is

> what we call " food. " It is, of course, a complete lie. This " food " has

> almost nothing in common with real food from

> nature<http://www.newstarget.com/nature.html>

> .

>

> But that's what passes for the food that many people eat. Even if

they're

> eating at home, most consumers still buy packaged, processed

> foods<http://www.newstarget.com/processed_foods.html>that contain all

> the same chemicals as vending machine food.

> *Is it any wonder so many people are dying from preventable diseases

in the

> western world?* The people are being poisoned every day by the food

supply.

> It's no secret. Many of the poisons are listed right on the label:

Sodium

> nitrite, hydrogenated oils, FD & C colors, propylene glycol, aspartame,

> saccharin, phosphoric acid, high-fructose corn syrup and more. (See my

> book Grocery

> Warning <http://www.truthpublishing.com/GroceryWarning.html> for

details on

> how to identify and avoid these harmful ingredients.)

>

> If they only knew the other " cide " of food

> production<http://www.newstarget.com/food_production.html>,

> many those consumers would wise up and think twice about what they're

> buying. That's why informed people have increasingly decided to *buy

organic

> * whenever possible. Organically produced food isn't subjected to

all the

> chemical pesticides <http://www.newstarget.com/pesticides.html>,

herbicides

> and fungicides. So it's healthier for you and easier on the environment

> (because where do you think all those chemicals go after the next

rain? They

> end up down stream...) Plus, organic food has been scientifically

shown to

> possess higher densities of vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients

> (plant-based natural medicines) compared to conventionally grown food.

>

> So buy organic. Save yourself (and your family) from genocide. And *read

> those ingredients labels*. Don't buy foods made with chemicals you can't

> pronouce. Keep your diet clean, simple, sustainable and organic, and you

> won't become the next victim of a monstrous food

> industry<http://www.newstarget.com/food_industry.html>that continues

> to commit " Consumercide. "

>

[Guest guest]

Karthik, I just want to let you know that I really appreciate your postings.

Thank you,

Nandita