I’m pretty bummed out after reading The Monsanto Papers and watching Into The Weeds. I found some links to dive even deeper into this sickening and upsetting content, because sometimes I just have to stare into the eye of Sauron, know what I mean?
So I found this interesting article from The Guardian, which more and more looks like the last source of true journalism left in the world…
I’ve been traveling a bit, down to Florida, to see family and work on our old house. Along the way, I’ve been reading The Monsanto Papers by Carey Gilliam.
This is the story of the lawyers who took on Monsanto, the plaintiffs they represented, and many internal emails and documents from within Monsanto that were shared with the public in 2017.
There are parts of this book that made my mutated blood boil.
For example, this passage from page 243. This is text from the court testimony of Dewayne Johnson vs. Monsanto Company, showing internal an email from Dr. James Parry, indicating not only that the company knew – in the 1990s – that glyphosate caused cancer, but that they knew to look for mutations of the lymphocytes.
They already knew which cell would be affected first.
Even though the plaintiff won his case, and even though more and more cases came to trial, and even though there was a flurry of publicity surrounding each one… glyphosate is still the most used herbicide on the planet.
It’s still used as a desiccant during harvests.
And it’s still in most foods you can buy in any American supermarket.
If you’d like to know more, there’s a film called Into The Weeds which shows scenes from the courtroom. You’ll get to know Dewayne Johnson and hear and see his heartbreaking story. The film can be streamed for $2.99 through Amazon.
Carey Gilliam has written a few other books on this topic, and there are some interesting interviews with her on YouTube.
https://www.intotheweedsimpact.com/
It will make you sick, literally and figuratively.
I’ve been in a “low-tox-living” algorithm for over a year now, but once in a while I see my concerns in the mainstream media, too.
Is it my imagination, or is the news about ultra-processed foods, pesticides, seed oils, food colorings, and other harmful food and drink ingredients appearing more and more?
Has America woken up? 🤔
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