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Do you like scary stories? If so, you'll love this TRUE story about a REAL life killer monster named MONSANTO. Monsanto was born in 1901 as a leading producer of plastics. They then invented LED lights and warfare poisons such as DDT & Agent Orange. After the Vietnam war those warfare poisons were no longer used, so Monsanto turned it's poison making machine to our U.S. agriculture with the invention of pesticides, herbicides, rBST & other bovine hormones, artificial sweeteners like aspartame & saccharin, MSG, and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) such as seeds & crops, just to name a few. Since then the rate of obesity in the U.S. has QUADRUPLED! Cases of people getting diseases like cancer and at younger ages has also significantly increased in the last 50yrs since Monsanto has become involved in our U.S. agriculture. Coincidence? NOPE!

 

Here's why: 

1) GMOs are also why people are having reproductive issues/birth defects, digestive system issues, body toxicity issues, more food allergies, etc. 

2) rBST dairy (recombinant bovine somatotropin, aka rBGH, aka BGH, recombinant bovine growth hormone) is a chemical hormone given by farmers to make dairy cows more productive. rBGH also makes these cows more sickly, causing mastitis (inflammation of the udders, often caused by infection). And it's not just cows that are getting sick; rBGH has also been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, colon cancer and prostate cancer in humans. For it to be organic milk it must have that "USDA Organic" label. If a milk doesn't have that label, that milk comes from cows given the rBGH or rBST synthetic hormones. 

3) Artificial sweeteners like aspartame & saccharin are what cancer cells already in the body love to feed off of to grow bigger, stronger, and spread. Both are known neurotoxins which cause insomnia, migraines, anxiety, vision loss, muscle spasms, and even death. Not to mention, since they are artificial, the body cannot properly metabolize them = gaining body fat. 

4) Consuming non-organic fruits & veggies that are full of pesticides are what also cause birth defects, increased cases of mental illness & diseases like cancer.

Now here's another scary detail to the Monsanto horror story:

On March 26, 2013 while the nation was distracted with gay marriage debate, our President & Congress passed the Monsanto Protection Act which protects Monsanto from any criminal/civil litigation & liability if you get terminally sick from their food. The Monsanto Protection Act also limits judicial review of genetically modified seeds/crops, which allows them to be planted WITHOUT federal safeguards in place to protect our environment, farming families, and U.S. citizens. Our U.S. government was already one of the only industrialized nations that does NOT require foods to be labeled GMO. They only require foods to be labeled if they're organic.

Google "Monsanto." Research them & get informed, ***because every day of your life you're eating Monsanto GMO food if you're not buying organic meats, dairy, fish, veggies, fruits, etc.*** We need to keep ourselves & our loved ones safe from their food & drinks. Boycott Monsanto products.