The Corruption of Food

Recently I learned that an ex Monsanto lawyer was appointed to the FDA. While I am not big on politics, news of this type tends to get around. For those who don't know, Monsanto is a company responsible for creating genetically altered foods. Such foods have been in circulation for years and is consumed by livestock and Americans every day.

The danger here is, placing an individual in public office with ties to a major industry conglomerate is by far a big "no, no". As it is, law makers opened the way to Monsanto by making it possible for them to sell genetically altered foods without having to disclose its source to the public. You have no way of differentiating genetically altered products at the supermarket.

While such conglomerates always claim their products are safe, there are already reports that genetically altered corn is causing the demise of pollination bees. Furthermore, genetically altered corn has possible links to organ failure - mostly liver and kidney disease.

In the past 3 years, two of my friends and one family member have been operated on for gallbladder obstruction. A fourth family member has been diagnosed with liver problems. As for myself, I have eliminated corn syrup products from my diet after I discovered it was responsible for a recent bout of acne.

On another note, red dye #40 had been for years declared as unsafe and a causer of cancer. Yet, on my recent trip to the supermarket, many foods now contain red dye #40 even when they have no business in using such dyes - specifically products which are white in color.

Honestly, I hate conspiracies. But I and no one should be so naive as to remain ignorant on these facts. I have tangible evidence on my own health and those of my friends and family to say for certain that these "man made" foods are simply not safe for consumption - neither by animal or human.