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Who is to blame for the US (and global) obesity epidemic? A Look at the US Food Industry Lobby

Who is to blame for the US (and global) obesity epidemic? A Look at the US Food Industry Lobby | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
From www.aljazeera.com - May 22, 2012 6:07 PM
As billions are spent treating obesity related diseases, we take a look at the US food industry lobby.

It costs hundreds of billions of dollars each year and leads to deadly chronic diseases. But who is to blame for the US' obesity epidemic?

In the next 18 years the number of obese people in the US is expected to rise to 42 per cent of the adult population.

 

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The Great Escape: Gene-altered crops out of control - grow wild.

The Great Escape: Gene-altered crops out of control - grow wild. | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
From www.environmentalhealthnews.org - January 27, 2012 10:08 PM

— Environmental Health News

Throughout North Dakota, little yellow flowers dot thousands of miles of roadsides. These canola plants, found along most major trucking routes, look harmless. But they are fueling a controversy: They prove that large numbers of genetically modified plants have escaped from farm fields and are now growing wild. About 80 percent of canola growing along roadsides in North Dakota contains genes that have been modified to make the plants resistant to common weed-killers.

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"SILENT FOREST" VIP VIDEO Corporate Control of Global Biodiversity - Our Biotech World

"SILENT FOREST" VIP VIDEO Corporate Control of Global Biodiversity - Our Biotech World | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
From www.cineversity.tv - January 13, 2012 4:26 AM

VERY, VERY IMPORTANT VIDEO - A global indepth report about the very dangerous biotech juggernaut moving quickly across the globe and the enormous irreversible damage to our environment. forests, species and natural world...in a way never explained before by people from all walks of life, agroforest and health experts:  Worth every minute of it. Dr. David Suzuki  "What is the rush to apply these new biotech ideas when we don't have a clue what the long-term manipulation is going to be."

 

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David Suzuki is doing great work for the benefit of all people in creating awareness about the impact of GMO on our health but also on the environment. one of the things Bayer Monsanto Pfizer ignore for shortterm profit
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Are giant agriculture firms trying to monopolise and patent the world's food supply?

Are giant agriculture firms trying to monopolise and patent the world's food supply? | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
From stream.aljazeera.com - January 23, 2012 2:02 PM

Al Jazeera does an indepth investigation:  WATCH:Does 'biopiracy' endanger world food supplies?

Seed monopolies could affect livelihoods of farmers, biodiversity. Patenting crop-breeding techniques has economic, ecological and ethical implications. Currently, five biotech corporations account for 77 percent of patents on living organisms.

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