The Industrial Virus

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There is a virus in the world of food companies. It has put hazardous chemicals in foods that we eat on a daily basis. It is also so dangerous that it even infects our government by influencing it. This virus is called Monsanto. It is a multinational company that sells products they make by using chemical and agricultural biotechnology. This massive Corporation is partially at fault for loss of local farms, the inventing of chemical filled industrialized foods, and influencing government ideas. Money is power for some and this is definitely no exception for Monsanto. Monsanto is perceived by some environmentalists to be the main distributer of GMO’s, which are genetically modified organisms. For those who believe in all those conspiracy theories, one would never second guess the thought of Monsanto and their government ties. With money to their advantage, they can help the government out. As an end product, our government then returns them with a favor. What Monsanto decides to do with that favor can be dangerous for us. The government stays loyal to Monsanto because it is a money machine. These foods are bad and our government knows it. If this weren’t true than why would our own President Obama order an organic farm for the white house garden? For an instance on Globalresearch.org it was said by Josh Sager that when Obama first took office in 2009 he was very supportive of the labeling of GMO’s, but the ironic concern here is that the 2012 Farm Bill was never passed. The 2012 Farm bill is a bill that forces companies to start the labeling of all GMO’s. Since the bill hasn’t been passed yet all GMO’s are still not labeled here in 2014. Scary to believe that these occasions where the government seems to be a little shady are... ... middle of paper ... ...014. Interview with Dr. Robert Dugo Fern, David, and Jonathan Nathan. "Modified Stance Will Not Dent Monsanto-fincancial Times." Financial Times [London] 12 May 2004: n. pag. Lexis Nexis. Web. 14 Apr. 2014. Paulas, Rick. "Beyond Subway's Yoga Mat Bread: 5 Other Ingredients That Need to Go." KCET. KCET, 11 Feb. 2014. Web. 20 Apr. 2014. Rogers, Heather. "Monsanto’s Political Ties: The Reason We Don’t Label GMOs." IVN. IVN, 11 july 2012. Web. 13 Apr. 2014. Sager, Josh. "Monsanto Controls Both the White House and the US Congress." Global Research. theprogressivecynic.com, 26 May 2013. Web. 13 Apr. 2014. Tait, Nikki. "Monsanto Says Tweaked Crops to Spread in U.S." Financial Times [London] 26 July 2001: n. pag. Lexis Nexus. Web. 14 Apr. 2014. The Cornucopia Institute. Cornucopia Institute, n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2014.

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