Genetically Modified Organisms and the deterioration of health in the United States

Genetically Modified Organisms and the deterioration of health in the United States by N.L. Swanson, 4/24/2013 Read this pdf: GMO-health Extracts: Peddlers of both chemicals and genetically engineered seeds claim that GMO food is “identical to non-GMO products.” They claim that genetic engineering is no different than plant hybridization, which has been practiced for centuries. …
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Big pharma being paid to poison our planet. New GMO and agent-orange/glyphosate mix to hit earth in 2015.

The US EPA is set to approve new GM seeds and toxic sprays made by Dow Chemical in the face of scientific opposition. There are millions of dollars on the table.  Dow will take market share and expand the use of mono-culture and toxic sprays.  These initiatives are inherently unsustainable, but in the short term …
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Tell nestlé to stop trying to patent the fennel flower.

Keep nature free. They want to charge you for water, although it falls from the sky. They profit from selling the main cause of obesity, sugar, a drug more addictive than cocaine to children. Next I suppose they will pay-off governments to profit from the air we breathe. Tell Nestlé to stop trying to patent …
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Population and wealth – a picture of the sad, obvious inequality.

This graphic from The Economist sums up what we all know but don’t like to face (as @RustyRockets just pointed out). So 0.7% of the people have 44% of the wealth, and 68.9% of the people have 2.9% of the wealth.  That doesn’t sound fair, or like democracy, or Christian/Islamic/Bhuddist, or … anything to be …
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Yellen about the benefits of education.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen said in a speech yesterday that “public education spending is often lower for students in lower-income households than for students in higher-income households.” The Fed’s unusual comment on education came in a speech, delivered at the Conference on Economic Opportunity & Inequality sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and …
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Asset prices down, money chasing security. What’s the problem?

While there has been enthusiasm for a recovering global economy, optimism is being dampened by market movements. There are some fundamental concerns about projected consumption levels and production costs. There are a number of geopolitical risks festering around the world: The strife in Hong Kong is being calmed by force.  That will be re-assuring now, …
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The “Actual Situation” in Hong Kong is that democracy is happening…

David Webb, who has supported transparent financial markets and open government in Hong Kong for a decade and a half, spoke to the crowds in Hong Kong yesterday.  His vision is good for Hong Kong and good for China.  And he indicates a way out of the confrontation.  The speech is below and on Webb-site.com …
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Twitter watching government watching us.

Another example of unethical behaviour by government (USA in this case) – they demand to know about our every action, but won’t even tell us that they are looking at our personal files. This news comes from Twitter who is sueing the government for demanding private data (which is bad enough) while refusing to allow …
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Weak and uneven global economic recovery? Like the remedies applied to the financial system.

The IMF has slightly downgraded economic forecasts and highlighted regional stagnation in its latest World Economic Outlook. It certainly seems that some regions are more positive than they have been, and that seems related to good economic management. It is not easy to be prescriptive in this increasingly complex world, but economic growth rates of …
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