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WHO DO YOU
TRUST?
The Bush Administration gave
the USDA Secretary of Agriculture position to Anne Venemon (who once served
on Monsanto's Calgene Board of Directors). She appointed Dale Moore as
her Chief of Staff. Prior to playing his new role of "protecting" consumers
from food safety threats like Mad Cow Disease, Dale Moore was the chief
lobbyist for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
Source: http://www.usda.gov/agencies/gallery/moore.htm
EPA BUSTED
FOR BACKROOM INDUSTRY DEALS
A lawsuit has been filed against
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allowing chemical companies
exclusive power over weakening environmental regulations. In 2000, under
the new Bush Administration, the EPA established the new "Endangered Species
Task Force." It has now been discovered that this powerful task force
is comprised of only 14 members, and they are all agro-chemical companies.
Thanks to the private "consultation" meetings from these industry groups,
the EPA has announced new pesticide regulations that eliminate certain
endangered species protections.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/foodsafety/epa012004.cfm
MONSANTO
BULLIES CANADIAN FAMILY FARMER
Seventy-three year-old
Percy Schmeiser, a family farmer on the brink of bankruptcy, is currently
being attacked in Canada's Supreme Court by Monsanto. Schmeiser's canola
fields were contaminated with Monsanto's genetically engineered Round-Up
Ready canola by pollution from nearby farms. Monsanto says it doesn't
matter how the contamination took place, and is suing Schmeiser for millions
of dollars, for unlicensed use of its patented GE seeds! "I never had
anything to do with Monsanto," says Schmeiser. "If I would go to St. Louis
(Monsanto Headquarters) and contaminate their plots--destroy what they
have worked on for 40 years--I think I would be put in jail and the key
thrown away." Hundreds of other farmers across North America have had
their crops contaminated by pollen from neighboring genetically engineered
crops and have been forced to pay fines to Monsanto. However, a thousand
organic farmers in Canada have decided to turn the tables, and have sued
Monsanto for polluting their farms with Frankengenes. Stand up with Percy
Schmeiser and family farmers and get involved with OCA's Millions Against
Monsanto campaign.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/monlink.html
USDA
SAYS GMOs SPREAD LIKE WEEDS
A new study, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, confirms
that genetically modified organisms pose a dramatic risk to the environment,
given the fact that they simply cannot be contained, once released into
the wild.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/ge/gmopollution012104.cfm
IS
MONSANTO'S COW HORMONE CAUSING CANCER?
Since its release onto the market in 1994, Monsanto's recombinant Bovine
Growth Hormone (rBGH) has been banned in most industrialized nations,
other than the U.S., Brazil, and Mexico. While the genetically engineered
hormone is regularly being injected into 22% of the dairy herd in the
U.S. to force cows to give more milk, scientists warn that it may increase
your risks of getting cancer. Knowing consumers want to avoid rBGH, Monsanto
has successfully sued a number of dairies over the years for labeling
their products "rBGH-Free." After a decade of forcing rBGH-tainted milk
and dairy products on consumers, Monsanto has recently admitted to having
mysterious production problems in the Austrian factory supplying them
with rBGH. Last week, the company announced it is being forced to cut
back production of rBGH (trade name Posilac) by 50%, due, in part, to
failing FDA inspections at its manufacturing plant. Rumors are circulating
in the dairy industry that rBGH, the first genetically engineered animal
drug put into the U.S. food supply, may be pulled off the market.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/rbgh/cowhormone012804.cfm
EPA BUSTED
FOR BACKROOM INDUSTRY DEALS
A lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) for secretly allowing chemical companies exclusive power over weakening
environmental regulations. In 2000, under the new Bush Administration,
the EPA established the new "Endangered Species Task Force." It has now
been discovered that this powerful task force is comprised of only 14
members, and they are all agro-chemical companies. Thanks to the private
"consultation" meetings from these industry groups, the EPA has announced
new pesticide regulations that eliminate certain endangered species protections.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/foodsafety/epa012004.cfm
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