THE FOX GUARDING THE HEN HOUSE By Jeffrey M. Smith The person who may be responsible for more food related illness and death than anyone in history was made the US Food Safety Czar. This is no joke. When FDA scientists were asked to weigh in on what was to become the most potentially dangerous change in our food supply, the introduction of genetically modified (GM) foods - memo after memo describing toxins, new diseases, nutritional deficiencies, hard-to-detect allergens, etc, - were kept secret. These documents were adamant that the technology carried serious health hazards, and required careful, long-term research, including human studies, before any genetically organisms (GMOs) could be safely released into the food supply. But the biotech industry rigged the game so that nether science nor scientists would stand in their way. They had placed their own man in charge of FDA policy and he wasnt going to be swayed by feeble arguments related to environmental, animal or human safety. No, he was going to do what corporations had done for decades, to get past these types of pesky concerns. He was going to lie. When the FDA was constructing their GMO policy in 1991/92, their scientists understood that gene spliced foods were significantly different and could lead to different risks than conventional foods. But official policy declared the opposite, claiming that the FDA knew of no significant differences, and declared GMOs substantially equivalent. This fiction became the rationale for allowing GM foods on the market without any required safety studies whatsoever, or labeling of GM containing products. The determination of whether GM foods were safe to eat was placed entirely in the hands of the companies who made them, companies like Monsanto, which told us that the PBCs, DDT, and Agent Orange were safe. GMOs were rushed onto our plates in 1996. Over the next 10 years, multiple chronic illnesses in the U S nearly doubled, from 7% to 13%. Allergy-related emergency room visits doubled between 1997 and 2002 while food allergies, especially among children, skyrocketed. We also witnessed a dramatic rise in asthma, autism, obesity, diabetes, digestive disorders, and certain cancers and other misery. Dr. P. M. Bhargava, one of the worlds top biologists, stated that after reviewing 600 scientific journals, he concluded that GM foods in the US are largely responsible for the increase of many serious diseases. If GMOs are indeed responsible for massive sickness and death, then the individual who oversaw the FDA policy that facilitated their introduction holds a uniquely infamous role in human history. That person is Michael Taylor. He had been Monsantos attorney before becoming policy chief at the FDA. Soon after, he became Monsantos vice president and chief lobbyist. And then Obama appointed Michael Taylor to Food Safety Czar. While Taylor was at the FDA in the early 90s he also oversaw the policy regarding Monsantos genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (rbGH), injected into cows to increase milk supply. The milk from injected cows has more pus, more antibiotics, more bovine growth hormone, and most importantly, more insulin like growth factor (IGF-1). IGF-1 is a huge risk factor for common cancers and its high levels in this drugged milk is why so many medical organizations and hospitals have taken stands against rbGH. The drug was banned in Canada, as well as Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. However it was approved in the US while Michael Taylor was in charge. His drugged milk might have causes a significant rise in US cancer rates. Learn more about Monsantos deadly 100-year history; how the Bush Sr. administration gave regulation relief to biotechnology so the US could become the biotech world leader; Monsantos record of falsifying data regarding PCBs and dioxins; Forced entry into countries where GMOs are banned, such as Mexico and Paraguay; the devastation of GM cotton on Indias economy, livestock and farmers; more details on the toxic side effects of GM food and other Monsanto products; and the revolving door policy between this conscienceless corporation and the FDA who supposedly is protecting us from such corporations. Suggested Reading: The World According to Monsanto, by Marie-Monique Robin. The above is a reprint of an article from The Idaho Observer, which was founded in 1997 by Don Harkins. After Don Harkins died in 2009 under suspicious circumstances the publication was discontinued.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 17:19:31 +0000
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