China - Lake Tai - Pollution. Controlling Our Food: The World According To Monsanto-Full Length Documentary Medical Marijuana Becoming Blockbuster Drug. May 07, 2011 | 469,472 views Disponible en Español Share Medical marijuana is now a $1.7-billion market in the U.S.
This means that sales of medical marijuana rival the annual revenue generated by Viagra, a $1.9-billion business. What's more, the medical marijuana market is expected to nearly double in the next five years, and that's just in the 15 U.S. states where the drug is legal. According to MSNBC: "The cannabis industry as a whole -- including the underground black market and medical gray market -- generates anywhere from $18 billion to $35.8 billion a year. "
Institute for Responsible Technology - Before the FDA decided to allow GMOs into food without labeling, FDA scientists had repeatedly warned that GM foods can create unpredictable, hard-to-detect side effects, including allergies, toxins, new diseases, and nutritional problems.
They urged long-term safety studies, but were ignored. THE CAMPAIGN FOR HEALTHIER EATING IN AMERICA Our goal is to stop the genetic engineering of our food supply. Although the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) may be one of the most dangerous health and environmental problems we face, it can be one of the easiest of the battles to win. Ming soon: Compulsory water meters for all . . . And you'll pay £200 installation price.
By James Chapman Updated: 09:43 GMT, 31 January 2011 Up the spout: It is expected that 80 per cent of households in England will pay for water using a meter by 2020 Water meters are expected to be made compulsory in all homes to cut consumption.
Ministers will unveil proposals next month designed to cut average water use from 148 to 130 litres per person per day by 2030. The cost of installing a meter will run to £200 per house, a sum likely to be passed on to consumers. It is expected that 80 per cent of households in England will pay for water using a meter by 2020. Haitians Burn Seeds Donated by Monsanto. "A fabulous Easter gift," commented Monsanto Director of Development Initiatives Elizabeth Vancil.
Nearly 60,000 seed sacks of hybrid corn seeds and other vegetable seeds were donated to post-earthquake Haiti by Monsanto. In observance of World Environment Day, June 4, 2010, roughly 10,000 rural Haitian farmers gathered in Papaye to march seven kilometers to Hinche in celebration of this gift. Upon arrival, these rewarded farmers took their collective Easter baskets of more than 400 tons of vegetable seeds and burned them all. [i] "Long live the native maize seed! " they chanted in unison. By Ryan Stock Truthout January 20, 2011. 3 Major Organic Brands Surrender To Monsanto's GE Alfalfa.
Just days ago, the USDA announced that it had once again approved Monsanto’s GE alfalfa for commercial sale and planting, despite a prior government ban and public outcry.
What’s in Fast Food? Europe to ban hundreds of herbal remedies - Health News, Health & Families. With four months to go before the EU-wide ban is implemented, thousands of patients face the loss of herbal remedies that have been used in the UK for decades.
From 1 May 2011, traditional herbal medicinal products must be licensed or prescribed by a registered herbal practitioner to comply with an EU directive passed in 2004. The directive was introduced in response to rising concern over adverse effects caused by herbal medicines. The UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued more than a dozen safety alerts in the past two years, including one over aristolochia, a banned toxic plant derivative which caused kidney failure in two women.
Study: Probable Carcinogen Found in 31 US Cities' Water Supplies. Cloned meat gets the go-ahead: Minister rejects ban despite health and animal welfare fears. Monsanto Buys ‘Terminator’ Seeds Company. The United States Government has been financing research on a genetic engineering technology which, when commercialized, will give its owners the power to control the food seed of entire nations or regions.
SO IT STARTS - Senate Bill 510 - Organic Farmer Fined 5000 For Growing Crops On Own Land. Raw Foods Raid - The Fight For the Right To Eat What You Want. S. 510: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (GovTrack.us) GovTrack’s Bill Summary This bill was superseded by H.R. 2751.
On Sunday, December 19, the text of S. 510 replaced the original text of H.R. 2751, and the bill passed by voice vote. Weston Price: Nutrition and Physical Degeneration; Table of Contents. Note: This book is in the public domain in many countries, and in other countries it is still under copyright protection.
Please check your country's rules at the following website to see if you are entitled to free access or not (the book was written in 1939, Dr. Price died in 1948): The World According To Monsanto - FULL LENGTH. Monsanto Shifts ALL Liability to Farmers. USDA Approves GMO Alfalfa Despite Scientist Warning. Perhaps the wheels of government are too heavy to stop once they are set in motion, or maybe they are just a little too well greased by their friends in industry.
Whatever the reason, the folks at USDA were either unwilling or unable to apply the brakes on their decision to approve Monsanto’s genetically modified “Roundup Ready” alfalfa despite the urgent warning sent out two weeks before the announcement by Dr. Don Huber, a plant pathologist and retired Purdue University professor. Huber expressed grave concern about a newly discovered pathogen that has been found in high concentrations of other Roundup Ready crops such as soybeans and corn.
Researchers believe that this pathogen could be causing infertility in livestock and diseases in crops that could threaten the entire domestic food supply. Monsanto Shifts ALL Liability to Farmers. By Cassandra AndersonFebruary 21, 2011 Farmers like genetically modified (GM) crops because they can plant them, spray them with herbicide and then there is very little maintenance until harvest. Farmers who plant Monsanto's GM crops probably don't realize what they bargain for when they sign the Monsanto Technology Stewardship Agreement contract.