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8 Ways Corporations are Poisoning Our Food, Water, the Earth

8 Ways Corporations are Poisoning Our Food, Water, the Earth | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
From www.nationofchange.org - March 11, 1:36 AM

March 3, 2013 - Nation of Change

While we may be under the impression that our system of government is here to protect us, corporations—and the politicians getting paychecks from them—do a fair job of making that difficult. This manner of “legislative capture” is manifesting itself in a host of appalling ways far beyond those listed here. Here are 8 ways corporations are poisoning our food supply, humans, and mother earth.... http://www.nationofchange.org/8-ways-corporations-are-poisoning-our-food-water-earth-1362318238

 

 

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April 13, 2013 New York Times
THINK THOSE CHEMICALS IN YOUR FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT HAVE BEEN TESTED? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/sunday-review/think-those-chemicals-have-been-tested.html?_r=0

 

28 MARCH 2013 USA Today
STUDY: TWO-THIRDS OF PESTICIDES IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND IN ENVIRONMENT GOT EPA LOOPHOLE APPROVAL WITH MINIMUM OR NO TESTING http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/27/pesticides-get-flawed-epa-approval/2024991/

 

 

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HOW THE FOOD GIANTS HOOKED US  http://www.scoop.it/t/environmental-and-human-health/p/3997556508/how-the-food-giants-hooked-us

 

HOW THE JUNK FOOD INDUSTRY HAS ENCOURAGED US TO EAT OURSELVES TO DEATH  http://sco.lt/5avQ1J

 

WHY WE POISON OUR FOOD AND DR. SEUSS http://sco.lt/9AMeXZ

 

GO BEHIND THE BRANDS : Oxfam report shows multinational companies failing consumers - INFOGRAPH | http://www.scoop.it/t/environmental-and-human-health/p/3997516761/go-behind-the-brands-oxfam-report-shows-multinational-companies-failing-on-csr-goals-infograph

 

BEHIND THE REPORT OF "BEHIND THE BRANDS?" A Sustainable Business Horror Story? http://sco.lt/594zeT

 

SRI LANKA: KIDNEY AILMENT LINKED TO FARM CHEMICALS  | September 14, 2012 - PRI's The World http://www.theworld.org/2012/09/sri-lanka-kidney-chemicals/

 

THE POWER OF THE PESTICIDE INDUSTRY: BRITAIN HELP PREVENT BAN ON PESTICIDES LINKED TO BEE DECLINE http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/britain-helps-prevent-ban-on-pesticides-linked-to-bee-decline-8536994.html

 

 

 

 

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pdjmoo's curator insight, March 30, 11:33 PM

When profits overide local culture, destroy ecosystems and environment for the western ideal of monoculture agriculture, owned by multi-nationals, displacing local indigenous peoples, it is time to draw a line.

In this instance, in Mali, the sugar cane is for export, not for local food supply and the indigenous peoples will be doomed to working laborers in an environment of big agriculture for little money.  Creating dependency on foreign aid and hand-outs for food for survival while foreign entities profit greatly is NOT where we should be going for the future.

Money is not the currency for many cultures, it is producing food locally for themselves and their community and we have no right to impose our outside mega gmo agriculture on anyone, destroying their connection to their lands and livelihoods.
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