THE
DARK SIDE OF MONSANTO
Right now, there is probably no other company that is doing
more to endanger the health of this planet, and it's inhabitants.
With Nazi-like attitude, they are leading the world in shear
destructive evil greed. First they were a drug company, and
then they expanded to become a drugs and genetic engineering
company, and now Monsanto is attempting to acquire water rights
in countries with water shortages in a move to control the people's
basic means of survival, and production of the global food supply.
Giant transnational corporations like Monsanto, in collusion
with the World Bank and the World Trade Organization, seek to
commodify and privatize the world's water and put it on the
open market for sale to the highest bidder. Millions of the
world's citizens are being deprived of this fundamental human
right, and vast ecological damage is being wrought as massive
industry claims water once used to sustain communities and replenish
nature. In Cochabamba, Bolivia, the people, led by union leader
Oscar Olivera, forced the giant engineering company Bechtel,
a globalist partner of Monsanto, to leave the country and stopped
a World Bank–imposed privatization scheme that more than doubled
the price of water to the local people. The mainstream press
was, of course, reluctant to tell this story.
It's hard to even describe the evil of Monsanto in a brief
article. From the people who brought you such wonders as Agent
Orange, and the deadly sweetner aspartame, it's... genetically
modified food! They are one of the major forces behind GMOs
-- genetically modified organisms. Even though the vast majority
of Americans feel that genetically modified food should be labeled
as such, Monsanto has successfully stopped all such laws --
and they've gotten the US government to try to stop other countries
that do.
As far as aspartame is concerned, according to researchers
and physicians studying the adverse effects of aspartame, the
following chronic illnesses can be triggered or worsened by
ingesting of aspartame: Brain tumors, Multiple sclerosis, Epilepsy,
Chronic fatigue syndrome, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's,
Mental retardation, Lymphoma, Birth defects, Fibromyalgia, Diabetes.
Aspartame is made up of three chemicals, aspartic acid, phenylalanine,
and methanol. The book, "Prescription for Nutritional Healing"
by James and Phyllis Balch lists aspartame under the category
of "Chemical Poison." As you can see, that is exactly
what it is.
Monsanto sells rBGH -- recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone. It
may have terrible side effects in humans who drink milk from
cows treated with it -- but it makes cows produce more milk,
so it's spreading. The General Accounting Office has warned
of the potential hazards to human health by consuming products
derived from rBGH-treated cows. But Monsanto's greed comes first.
Even the FDA admits that cows injected with rBGH could suffer
from increased udder infections (mastitis), severe reproductive
problems, digestive disorders, foot and leg ailments, and persistent
sores and lacerations. More than 90% of Americans want mandatory
labelling on hormone-enhanced milk. But they're not going to
get it as long as Monsanto has a say in it. Monsanto has even
paid for a law that makes it illegal for a store to advertise
that it sells hormone-free milk -- and they have sued stores
that try!
Genetically modified food -- isn't that a good thing? Doesn't
it let farmers use less pesticide? Well, yes, if by "less
pesticide" you mean "much more pesticide". Monsanto
Corporation produces RoundUp pesticide/herbicide and RoundUp
Ready seeds which are highly tolerant of the pesticide/herbicide.
This means that the genetically modified seed grows into a plant
which can live in extremely toxic environments. The plant produces
food products which end up in your stomach, one way or another,
to be digested by your stomach enzymes and turned into the energy
that you need to survive. These genetically modified crops sprayed
intensely with RoundUp pesticide may be very toxic to you, too,
as they are to the life forms that they kill on the farm.
But that's not all. Look at what happened with Starlink Corn
-- a GMO that was only approved for animal use because it caused
nasty reactions in some humans -- and then they discovered it
in human food. Thanks Monsanto! Like consumers in Europe who
already have labelling requirements, the general public in the
United States overwhelmingly supports mandatory labelling of
foods that contain genetically altered foods. But Monsanto has
so far bribed (oh, I'm sorry, I meant "lobbied") enough
Congressmen to prevent any such laws from being passed. Monsanto
has used their corporate powers to clean their rear end on the
US Constitution. Anyone who disagrees with Monsanto about their
unctuous business practices are usually sued into submission.
They also have used their money and their lawyers to strong-arm
your congressperson and senator to defend their right to poison
your and the worlds food.
It just keeps getting worse. They patent all their genetically
modified foods, then when their seeds show up on other people's
farms, they sue for patent infringement! They're currently suing
several North American farmers. But why do their seeds show
up on other farms? Because seeds blow in the wind! Monsanto
believes that it doesn't matter how the patented plants get
there, it's a violation to have them. The Executive Director
of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture reported that
virtually all Midwestern organic corn samples tested in 2000
showed some level of genetically modified contamination. Don't
want to eat their crap? Too late, you've probably already ingested
it in your food. I ADVISE YOU TO BOYCOTT ALL MONSANTO PRODUCTS
UNTIL THEY STOP THEIR POISONOUS BUSINESS PRACTICES, AND THEIR
DEADLY EXPERIMENTS ON OUR FOOD SUPPLIES! These include Aspartame,
Nutrasweet, Equal, RoundUp and RoundUp Ready, and any Milk products
tainted with BgH.
