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From: White Space <duncanasper@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 201410:55 AM 2111 ��� i b Pi� �� C9
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Monsanto Comment
PREDATOR CORPORATIONS LIKE MONSANTO AND THERI BIOTECH BUDDIES HAVE HIJACKED OUR FOOD
SUPPLY.... Monsanto, stands for pollution, corruption and control of the worlds food supply. After two decades of biotech bullying
and force-feeding unlabeled and hazardous genetically engineered (GE) foods to animals and humans, there can be no such thing as
"coexistence" in the Monsanto world. It is impossible to coexist with a reckless industry that endangers public health, bribes public
officials, corrupts scientists, lies to consumers, contaminates organic farmlands, manipulates the media, destroys biodiversity, kills the
soil and pollinating insects, pollutes the environment, tortures and poisons animals, destabilizes the climate, and economically
enslaves the world's 1.5 billion seed -saving small farmers globally destroying regional agriculture.
Monsanto's pollution of local environments by the dumping of mercury, dioxin and PCB's From their factories is homfic. Just Google:
Anniston Alabama, Sauget Illinois, Nitro W. Virginia, Kanawha River in S. Carolina, Seveso Italy and the UK's South Wales.
Monsanto has paid out hundreds of millions for pollution lawsuits against them including $180 million settlement for Vietnam War
veterans exposed to Agent Orange.
And how can you patent a seed that they claim is the "substantial equivalent' 'to conventional or organic seeds and crops? It's
Monsanto's way of bypassing regulations and testing. GM crop seeds cannot be saved for replanting, forcing farmers to buy
Monsanto's seeds every year at 3 to 6 times the cost of non GM seeds. In spite of Monsanto's assurances that it wouldn't be a problem,
CROP CONTAMINATION has been a consistent and often overwhelming hardship for seed dealers, farmers, manufacturers, even
entire food sectors. Chemical -intensive industrial agriculture kills critical microorganisms in the soil and leads to erosion.
Monsanto has a history of making such toxic chemicals as PCB's, Polystyrene, DDT, Dioxin, Agent Orange, Petroleum Based
Fertilizers, Glyphosate, Terminator Genes, Aspartame, bT Toxin, Posilac a Bovine Growth Hormone and their golden egg, Roundup.
Why would we trust Monsanto, who specializes in making these toxic chemicals, with our food supply? GMO conn and cotton with
bT toxin are a registered as a pesticide with the EPA. They use tobacco science to claim no known negative health effects. IT'S
GENETIC ROULETTE, the jury is still out on the long term effects of consuming GMO's and the chemicals used to grow them.
HOWEVER, GMO'S HAVE NOT BEEN PROVEN SAFE. Hundreds of millions of pounds of their life killing chemicals have been
released into the environment and our food chain. Teaming up with Dow the EPA recently approved an even more toxic pesticide
called Enlist Duo with the active ingredient 2-4D (Agent Orange) to combat super weeds and bugs that have become Roundup
resistant. The biotech industry keeps touting GMO `benefits' like a narcissistic madman on steroids despite a complete lack of
published, peer-reviewed research supporting the long term safety of GMO's and the chemicals used to grow them.
Monsanto's claims of feeding the world, greater crop yields and less pesticides have all been proven wrong, in fact it's the opposite -
Hunger is caused by poverty not food shortages, 30% to 50% of our food is wasted and most of it goes to feeding factory farm
animals. HOW HAS MONSANTO HELPED TO FEED THE HUNGRY AND POOR? Since the introduction of GMO's our health as
a nation has been in decline. Cases of autism in children has skyrocketed, diabetes cancer, ADI ID and obesity are epidemic. GE com-
based products were found to cause obesity, and alter the function of the digestive system and major organs, including the liver,
kidneys, pancreas, and genitals. We are being poisoned. Most processed meats are fed with GMO grains and injected with rGBH and
antibiotics.
"Monsanto, Syngenta, Dupont and Dow Chemical — now control over 50% of the seed market. This leaves farmers with far fewer
options for seed varieties and fewer places to purchase their seeds. Farmers are being sued for having GMO's on their property that
they did not buy, do not want, will not use and cannot sell. GE crops are patented. This gives the corporations that develop them the
power to restrict independent research on the risks and benefits of OF products. Monsanto, has famously sued thousands of individual
farmers for patent infringement when their fields were contaminated by GE genes. Corporate Control, Farmers who buy GE seeds
must sign contracts that dictate how their crop is grown - including what chemicals to buy — and forbid them from saving seeds. This
has given corporations incredible control over the production of major staple crops in America.
Monsanto's Glyphosate drenched GMO crops have been banned, or at least labeled, in over 64 countries. GMO FOODS HAVE
ABSOLUTELY NO BENEFITS FOR CONSUMERS OR THE ENVIRONMENT, ONLY HAZARDS. Their only purpose is to
enrich the bottom line of biotech corporations and factory farms. Ninety percent of processed, fast and junk foods contain GMOs. It's
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important to understand that the glyphosate sprayed on conventional and genetically modified crops actually become systemic
throughout the plant, so it cannot be washed off. Glyphosate is so pervasive that it has been found in our food, water, air, soil, blood,
urine and breast milk. GMO's and pesticides are not permitted in organic farming.
There has been a drastic decline of crop -pollinating insects all over the world. Wild pollinators like bees, butterflies, and beetles are
basically disappearing. GMO industrial agricultural practices, especially those using neonicotinoid pesticides are causing this insect
genocide. Without these insects our available foods will decline.
Given the near -dictatorial control of Monsanto, the Farm Bureau, and the Grocery Manufacturers Association over Congress, the
White House, the FDA, USDA, BPA, and state legislators, are not protecting consumers and is a dereliction of duly. Consumers must
demand change, vote with your wallet and boycott all GMO products.
Ever hear of the revolving door? Executives from Monsanto and biotech are placed in the regulatory agencies to oversee approval
processes and stop consumer advocacy against this reckless destruction of human health and the environment. Clarence Thomas,
Supreme Court Justice and former Monsanto attorney made it possible for Monsanto to patent their seeds. Michael It. Taylor,
Commissioner Of Food and Veterinary Mecicine at the FDA teas a fomrer executive at Monsanto. Hillary Clinton was an attorney for
Monsanto when she was at the Rose Law Finn. There are many more.
The fundamental weakness of Monsanto, Dow, DuPont, Syngenta, Bayer, Nestle's, Sumitomo, Mitsui, BASF, ADM, Con -Agra,
Cargill and the biotech industry is "CONSUMERS RIGHT TO KNOW". Monsanto says that consumers are to stupid to understand
labeling and that GMO's are not an ingredient, confusing the public, and yet all products have to list the country of origin, made from
concentrate, expiration date, etc. Currently there is a bill in congress called the DARK Act (HR 4432 Deny Americans the Right to
Know) that will take away slates rights to pass labeling laws.
Monsanto knows that you might as well put a skull and cross bones on the product with labeling. When GE -tainted foods are labeled
in supermarkets and natural food stores, a massive rejection of chemical and GMO foods will take place, transforming the marketplace
and supercharging the organic and local foods revolution and restore the public trust in our foods. These guys have spent millions to
defeat labeling initiatives. Our government will not protect us so "we the people" have to take action. Be a part of the food revolution,
for your health, the health of future generations and the planet.
On a personal note, "I have been blocked from the so called "Monsanto Conversation" and their FB page for trying to have a
conversation with them. Their "paid internet shills" are laughable and cannot be taken seriously. The TV ads they produce are a
pathetic joke and a white wash designed to lull consumers into believing they are here for the good of the world. People are waking up
and polls show that Monsanto is one of the most hated companies in the world and they couldn't care less. They will stop at nothing to
silence the truth about their corrupt business practices or the dangers of their products. It's time to take down the biotech behemoth
and their partners in crime, before the living web of biodiversity is terminated.
Duncan Asper
949 584.4054
duncanasper.com
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