8 Ways Corporations Are Poisoning Our Food, Water and the Earth

[Debra]

While we may be under the impression that our system of government is here to protect us, corporations - and the politicians getting paychecks from them - do a fair job of making that difficult. This manner of “legislative capture” is manifesting itself in a host of appalling ways far beyond those listed here. Here are 8 ways corporations are poisoning our food supply, humans, and mother earth.
1. Sugary Drinks, Diet Drinks are Addictive and Fattening
Sugary drinks, especially soda, run rampant in the U.S., with corporations shelling out millions to advertise to both children and adults. Kids are taking in 7 trillion calories of sugar each year from soda alone, with sodas making up 15-25% of the daily recommended caloric intake for kids aged 2 to 19. Sugar-sweetened sodas can contain upwards of 200 calories per can, but even artificially sweetened drinks should not be considered safe. Several studies show that artificial sweeteners - like cancer-linked aspartame - can contribute to tooth decay, obesity, kidney damage, and depression.
2. Bisphenol A and Other Chemicals in Canned Goods
BPA is a hormone disrupting chemical used in canned goods and plastic bottles. The chemical, which is labeled as “toxic” in other nations, had a chance to be banned of March 2012. In a move that angered activists within the US and even internationally, the FDA ruled against the ban.

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/16307-8-ways-corporations-are-poisoning-our-food-water-and-the-earth

[Toedancer]

http://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2013/03/29/star_investigation_ottawa_refuses_to_say_whether_drugtainted_horse_meat_entered_food_chain.html
Ottawa refuses to say if tainted horse meat has entered food chain. Excellent Star investigation.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/30/oklahoma-horse-slaughter-legislation_n_2982679.html
Oklahoma gov signs horse slaughter legislation

With a world wide recession companies are going to find ways to feed us shit.

[Boom Boom]

I've already posted a lot of anti-Monsanto links in the other thread, so this will be something else.
 
On Facebook friends are talking about their diets, and the difficulty of sticking to them.
 
I made the point that Western civilization is anti-health because there is so much in the way of addictive unhealthy food being promoted towards us: foods high in salt, sugar and animal fats. Look at all the fast food joints along any main street in our cities - if we were a caring society truly concerned about obesity and diabetes rates, all this crap would be outlawed. Instead, they prosper. 

[Boom Boom]

One would think The Food Network - a TV network focused on food - would be a healthy place to watch TV - but it ain't nothing of the sort. It pomotes the very worse in eating: Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives is an example - mostly greasy and high-fat food, and monster helpings, the host (Guy Fieri) and obese Americans (and Canadians) shown close-up stuffing their faces. You see the occasional fish dishes, but even those fish dishes are smothered in fatty dressings and ofen cooked in grease. Some of the shows on The Food Network - like Chef Michael Smith's, for example, are quite good - he uses local ingredients and his food actually looks quite healthy. But he's the exception to the rule. Iron Chef America is another, but that show uses exotic (and sometimes endangered) species not available to most of us.