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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 32px;"><font size="3"><b>You’re
Appointing WHO? Please Obama, say it’s not so!</b></font> </span></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The person who may be
responsible for more food-related illness and death than anyone in
history has just been made the US food safety czar. This is no joke.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Here’s the back story.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">When FDA scientists were
asked to weigh in on what was to become the most radical and
potentially dangerous change in our food supply—the introduction of
genetically modified (GM) foods—</font><a target="_blank"
href="http://biointegrity.org/list.html"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>secret documents</u></font></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> now reveal that the experts were VERY
concerned. Memo after memo described toxins, new diseases, nutritional
deficiencies, and hard-to-detect allergens. They were adamant that the
technology carried “Serious health hazards,” and required careful,
long-term research, including human studies, before any genetically
modified organisms (GMOs) could be safely released into the food supply.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">But the biotech industry
had rigged the game so that neither science nor scientists would stand
in their way. They had placed their own man in charge of FDA policy and
he wasn’t going to be swayed by feeble arguments related to food
safety. No, he was going to do what corporations had done for decades
to get past these types of pesky concerns. He was going to lie.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>Dangerous Food Safety
Lies</b></font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">When the FDA was
constructing their GMO policy in 1991-2, their scientists were clear
that gene-sliced foods were significantly different and could lead to “</font><a
target="_blank" href="http://biointegrity.org/FDAdocs/01/view2.html"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>different risks</u></font></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">” than conventional foods. But </font><a
target="_blank"
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-smith/obamas-team-includes-dang_b_147188.html"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>official policy</u></font></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> declared the opposite, claiming that
the FDA knew <i>nothing</i> of significant differences, and declared
GMOs substantially equivalent.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">This fiction became the
rationale for allowing GM foods on the market <i>without any required
safety studies </i>whatsoever! The determination of whether GM foods
were safe to eat was placed entirely in the hands of the companies that
made them—companies like Monsanto, which told us that the PCBs, DDT,
and Agent Orange were safe.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">GMOs were rushed onto
our plates in 1996. Over the next nine years, </font><a target="_blank"
href="http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE5050S920090106?sp=true%20was%207%25"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>multiple chronic
illnesses</u></font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> in the
US nearly doubled—from 7% to 13%. </font><a target="_blank"
href="http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/ed584ff1c2e1162a852575fc00536790?OpenDocument"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>Allergy-related
emergency room visits</u></font></a><font face="Times New Roman"
size="3"> doubled between 1997 and 2002 while food allergies,
especially among children, skyrocketed. We also witnessed a dramatic
rise in asthma, autism, obesity, diabetes, digestive disorders, and
certain cancers. </font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">In January of this year,
Dr. P. M. Bhargava, one of the world’s top biologists, told me that
after reviewing 600 scientific journals, he concluded that the GM foods
in the US are largely responsible for the increase in many serious
diseases.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">In May, the </font><a
target="_blank" href="http://www.aaemonline.org/gmopost.html"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>American Academy of
Environmental Medicine</u></font></a><font face="Times New Roman"
size="3"> concluded that animal studies have demonstrated a </font><a
target="_blank"
href="http://www.responsibletechnology.org/utility/showArticle/?objectID=2989"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>causal relationship</u></font></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> between GM foods and infertility,
accelerated aging, dysfunctional insulin regulation, changes in major
organs and the gastrointestinal system, and immune problems such as
asthma, allergies, and inflammation</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">In July, a </font><a
target="_blank" href="http://www.biolsci.org/v05p0438.htm"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>report</u></font></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> by eight international experts
determined that the flimsy and superficial evaluations of GMOs by both
regulators and GM companies “</font><a target="_blank"
href="http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/11303-re-study-criticises-testing-on-gmos"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>systematically
overlook the side effects</u></font></a><font face="Times New Roman"
size="3">” and significantly underestimate “the initial signs of
diseases like cancer and diseases of the hormonal, immune, nervous and
reproductive systems, among others.” </font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>The Fox Guarding the
Chickens</b></font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">If GMOs are indeed
responsible for massive sickness and death, then the individual who
oversaw the FDA policy that facilitated their introduction holds a
uniquely infamous role in human history. That person is Michael Taylor.
He had been Monsanto’s attorney before becoming policy chief at the
FDA. Soon after, he became Monsanto’s Vice President and chief lobbyist.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>This month Michael
Taylor became the senior advisor to the commissioner of the FDA. He is
now America’s food safety czar. What have we done?</b></font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>The Milk Man Cometh</b></font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">While Taylor was at the
FDA in the early 90’s, he also oversaw the policy regarding Monsanto’s
genetically engineered </font><a target="_blank"
href="http://yourmilkondrugs.com/"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>bovine growth hormone</u></font></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> (rbGH/rbST)—injected into cows to
increase milk supply.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The milk from injected
cows has more pus, more antibiotics, more bovine growth hormone, and
most importantly, more insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). IGF-1 is a
huge risk factor for common cancers and its high levels in this drugged
milk is why so many </font><a target="_blank"
href="http://action.psr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Oregon_rBGHFactSheetsandDownloads"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>medical
organizations</u></font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> and </font><a
target="_blank"
href="http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:063SblHxCSUJ:www.themilkweed.com/Feature_06_July.pdf+healthcare+without+harm+rbgh&hl=en&gl=us"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>hospitals</u></font></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> have taken stands against rbGH. A
former Monsanto scientist told me that when three of his Monsanto
colleagues evaluated rbGH safety and discovered the elevated IGF-1
levels, even they refused to drink any more milk—unless it was organic
and therefore untreated.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Government scientists
from Canada </font><a target="_blank"
href="http://www.nfu.ca/gapsreport.html"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>evaluated</u></font></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> the FDA’s approval of rbGH and
concluded that it was a dangerous facade. The drug was banned in
Canada, as well as Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. But it was
approved in the US while Michael Taylor was in charge. His drugged milk
might have caused a significant rise in US cancer rates. Additional </font><a
target="_blank"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/30/health/30twin.html"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>published evidence</u></font></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> also implicates rbGH in the high rate
of fraternal twins in the US.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Taylor also determined
that milk from injected cows did not require any special labeling. And
as a gift to his future employer Monsanto, he wrote a white paper
suggesting that if companies ever had the audacity to label their
products as <i>not</i> using rbGH, they should also include a
disclaimer stating that according to the FDA, there is no difference
between milk from treated and untreated cows.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Taylor’s disclaimer was
also a lie. Monsanto’s own studies and FDA scientists officially
acknowledged differences in the drugged milk. No matter. Monsanto used
Taylor’s white paper as the basis to successfully sue dairies that
labeled their products as rbGH-free.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>Will Monsanto’s Wolff
Also Guard the Chickens?</b></font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">As consumers learned
that rbGH was dangerous, they refused to buy the milk. To keep their
customers, a tidal wave of companies has publicly committed to not use
the drug and to label their products as such. Monsanto tried
unsuccessfully to convince the FDA and FTC to make it illegal for
dairies to make rbGH-free claims, so they went to their special friend
in Pennsylvania—Dennis Wolff. As state Secretary of Agriculture, Wolff
unilaterally declared that labeling products rbGH-free was illegal, and
that all such labels must be removed from shelves statewide. This
would, of course, eliminate the label from all national brands, as they
couldn’t afford to create separate packaging for just one state.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Fortunately, consumer
demand forced Pennsylvania’s Governor Ed Rendell to step in and stop
Wolff’s madness. But Rendell allowed Wolff to take a compromised
position that now requires rbGH-free claims to also be accompanied by
Taylor’s FDA disclaimer on the package.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">President Obama is
considering Dennis Wolff for the top food safety post at the USDA.
Yikes!</font> </p>
<p><a target="_blank"
href="http://www.grist.org/article/usda-may-get-dennis-wolff-for-food-safety-post-because-ed-rendell-doesnt-wa/"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>Rumor</u></font></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> has it that the reason why
Pennsylvania’s governor is supporting Wolff’s appointment is to get him
out of the state—after he “screwed up so badly” with the rbGH decision.
Oh great, governor. Thanks.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>Ohio Governor Gets
Taylor-itus</b></font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Ohio not only followed
Pennsylvania’s lead by requiring Taylor’s FDA disclaimer on packaging,
they went a step further. They declared that dairies must place that
disclaimer on the same panel where rbGH-free claims are made, and even
dictated the font size. This would force national brands to re-design
their labels and may ultimately dissuade them from making rbGH-free
claims at all. The Organic Trade Association and the International
Dairy Foods Association filed a lawsuit against Ohio. Although they
lost the first court battle, upon appeal, the judge ordered a mediation
session that takes place today (July 23, 2009). Thousands of Ohio
citizens have flooded Governor Strickland’s office with urgent requests
to withdraw the states anti-consumer labeling requirements.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Perhaps the governor has
an ulterior motive for pushing his new rules. If he goes ahead with his
labeling plans, he might end up with a top appointment in the Obama
administration.</font> <br>
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Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods</em>, which presents 65
risks in easy-to-read two-page spreads. His first book, <em>Seeds of
Deception</em>, is the top rated and #1 selling book on GM foods in the
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