BigAg, BigChem, BigFood and the secret stuff in your food-like substances

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I'm pretty sure this bull is prelude to Congress cutting payments to WHO cancer function, protecting BigChem

Congressional committee questions operation of WHO cancer agency

Two influential U.S. Congressmen have asked the World Health Organization’s cancer agency to get ready to testify about its work assessing if substances cause cancer, citing concerns about its “scientific integrity”.

Their letter to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), seen by Reuters and sent on Wednesday, is part of ongoing investigations by two Congressional committees into IARC that were fueled by the agency’s review of glyphosate, the primary ingredient of Monsanto Co’s weedkiller Roundup.

A letter to IARC director Chris Wild from the Republican chairmen of the House Committee on Science and the Subcommittee on Environment said they are “concerned about the scientific integrity” of IARC’s “monograph” program, which assesses whether various substances can cause cancer in people.

In a second letter seen by Reuters, the Congressmen,

Lamar Smith and

Andy Biggs ,

expressed concern that IARC’s assessment meetings, deliberations and drafts are not made public.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-he...Health+News%29

yep, for sure Monsanto told the Repugs to go after WHO Cancer group for concluding Monsanto glyphosate causes cancer.

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16 Health Problems That Improved in Patients Who Switched From GMO to Organic Diets

A new study reveals the harsh reality of a diet filled with genetically modified foods.

Health problems that improved include:

1. Digestive: 85.2%
2. Fatigue, low energy: 60.4%
3. Overweight or obesity: 54.6%
4. Clouding of consciousness, “brain fog”: 51.7%
5. Food allergies or sensitivities: 50.2%
6. Mood problems, such as anxiety or depression: 51.1%
7. Memory, concentration: 48.1%
8. Joint pain: 47.5%
9. Seasonal allergies: 46.6%
10. Gluten sensitivities: 42.2%
11. Insomnia: 33.2%
12. Other skin conditions (not eczema): 30.9%
13. Hormonal problems: 30.4%
14. Musculoskeletal pain: 25.2%
15. Autoimmune disease: 21.4%
16. Eczema: 20.8%
17. Cardiovascular problems, including high blood pressure: 19.8%

In the article, I describe three ways in which GMOs may contribute to health problems:

1. The process of genetic modification itself damages DNA, which can add allergens, toxins, and anti-nutrients to food.
2. Most GM corn produces Bt toxin, an insecticide linked with allergies and gut damage.
3. All six major GMOs are engineered to be herbicide tolerant (HT)—to survive spray applications of weed killer. By far, the most widely grown HT crops are, produced by Monsanto to withstand treatments of Roundup.GMO foods, therefore containhigh residues of Roundup’s active ingredient glyphosate, which is classified as a “probable human carcinogen” by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer. Roundup is also linked to a myriad of other serious diseases.

The article pays special attention to how the side effects of GMOs could lead to digestive disorders,

https://www.alternet.org/food/16-hea...-organic-diets

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Widespread chemical contaminants stunt growth of amphibians


https://phys.org/news/2017-11-widesp...nt-growth.html

... but BigChem says a 100 synthetic chemicals in human umbilical cord blood is harmless. Deal With It.

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Monsanto Giving Cash to Farmers Who Use Controversial Pesticide

The cash-back offer comes as several states are considering restrictions on the use of the drift-prone and highly volatile chemical.

Looks like Monsanto really wants farmers to use XtendiMax. The agribusiness giant is offering a

cash incentive to farmers to apply a controversial pesticide linked to 3.1 million acres of crop damage in nearly two dozen heartland states,

according to Reuters.

The cash-back offer comes as several states are considering restrictions on the use of the drift-prone and highly volatile chemical. DuPont Co. and BASF SE also sell dicamba-based formulations.

Monsanto could refund farmers about 50 percent of the price of its product, XtendiMax With VaporGrip Technology, in 2018 if they spray the product on the seed company's Xtend soybeans that are genetically engineered to tolerate dicamba.

Reuters reported:

XtendiMax costs about $11 per acre to buy, and Monsanto is offering $6 per acre in cash back to farmers when they apply it on Xtend soybeans along with other approved herbicides, according to the company.

“We believe cash-back incentives for using XtendiMax with VaporGrip Technology better enable growers to use a management system that represents the next level of weed control," said Ryan Rubischko, Monsanto product manager.

The herbicide is designed to beat back weeds on dicamba-resistant soy and cotton fields

but is highly damaging if it floats onto neighboring non-target crops.

Plants exposed to the chemical are left wrinkled, cupped or stunted in growth.

https://www.alternet.org/food/monsan...sial-pesticide