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Written by Sarah Cain
Sunday, 09 May 2010 15:53
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Some of our newer readers may believe that we suffer from paranoia at times. After all, the idea of big corporate-governmental alliances running the world to keep us sick for profits reads like the plot of a science fiction movie.
However, anyone who dares to do the research will run into too many incidences to readily dismiss them. Whether it is the governmental suppression of natural pain relievers or natural anti-biotics that safely and effectively killed the polio virus even before the invent of vaccines, or simply the cover-up of natural remedies that could save the public from virtually all chronic diseases, there will come a time when everyone must face our current medical predicament. It's not pretty.
In recent years, there has been massive controversy over r-BGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone), and the arguments have not been just limited to the safety implications surrounding this artificially produced hormone. Involved corporations and corrupt regulators have worked to stop us from knowing which milk contains this growth hormone. The war over r-BGH labeling is mostly over, but Monsanto (the manufacturer) fought hard to prevent 'consumers' from knowing how their milk was produced. Thankfully, many dairy farmers and some major companies stood up for what is right. Walmart, Kroger, Ben & Jerrie's, PET, and many other major companies pledge to use milk which has not been exposed to r-BGH. It is rare that we have an opportunity to applaud corporations, but the above group has earned it.
State lawmakers, particularly those in Pennsylvania, tried to prevent any labeling of milk that was made from cows not injected with r-BGH. The intent was to leave no labeling at all; relying on the fact that companies using r-BGH would certainly not label their milk as such. The latter category knew that we would avoid their r-BGH generated milk like toxic sludge, and some of the governmental cronies involved wanted to help Monsanto and friends ensure that we were not able to avoid it. They colluded to make tainted milk the greatest part of the milk supply line before the public had any opportunity to refuse it, so that its use would be practically impossible to undo. Public outrage managed to stop such laws from being enforced, or even signed. We can only wonder what sort of donations Monsanto provided to legislators who tried to prohibit r-BGH labeling.
As a result of lengthy legal battles, milk products which bear the non-poisonous labels must also bear an F.D.A. disclaimer stating that there is no difference between the two forms of milk. Of course, that actually is dishonest labeling, but at least it aids the profits of their bio-technology partner, Monsanto.
A local FOX station almost aired an investigative report about the health implications of r-BGT tainted milk, but backed-down at the last minute, and desperately tried to silence its own reporters. Journalists Jane Akre and Steve Wilson were fired after refusing to change their investigative report on Posilac, a reconstituted bovine growth hormone (r-BGH) made by Monsanto. They had documented the health and safety risks of drinking milk with the synthetic hormone, but when threatened with legal action from Monsanto, Fox demanded that all negative effects be edited out (a whopping 83 edits). A court eventually threw out Akre's whistle-blower lawsuit after deciding that falsifying news is not a violation of any U.S. law. Fox News then ran a story about how it had been 'vindicated'. We recommend that you watch the following movie clip cataloging these events, which is taken from the documentary, The Corporation.
In a sense, we lost the war over r-BGH, because companies must now lie on their products to singularly protect Monsanto, a corporation which has enough money to buy our news media and rent governmental agencies.
The convenient claim that there is no significant difference between tainted and untainted milk is patently false, and the effects upon human health are one reason why r-BGH is banned throughout most of Europe and in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Japan. It is worth noting that its effects are also cruel to the animals. This whole affair is just one of dozens that have caused Monsanto to be widely regarded as the most evil corporation in the world.
At The Health Wyze Report, we would support a ban on r-BGH, but more importantly, we support full, honest labeling of all products. Free speech is not negotiable. In fact, we would love to see companies placing "fluoride free" labels on their "from concentrate" juices and soft drinks. Honest labeling is not about demonizing products or creating unfair competition. It is about the basic rights of Americans and all people to freedom of choice.
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