The Corporate Attack on Organic Agriculture
by Steve Sprinkel and Mark Kastel
. . . these multinational corporations can’t stand that consumers are voting with their pocketbooks because of their discomfort with conventional farming practices and have turned organic food marketing from a small, eclectic niche into the fastest growing segment of the food industry, with over $12 billion in sales this year. . . .
. . . The Hudson Institute charges that manure use increases the incidence of food-borne diseases. Hudson’s claim completely twists the results of a recent independent University of Minnesota study that found no statistically different risk in the pathogenic contamination of certified organic food verses its conventionally produced counterparts, according to lead author, Dr. Francisco Diez-Gonzalez. . . .
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But, if it serves the greed-heads purposes, a little sewage in your drinking water shouldn't be a big deal.
EPA May Allow the Discharge of Partially Treated Sewage
Guidelines That Are Near Release Would Permit Blended Waste
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 9, 2004; Page A03
The Environmental Protection Agency is close to issuing new guidelines making it easier for sewage authorities to dump partially treated wastewater during heavy rainfalls, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. . . .
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These greed-heads think all Americans are stupid. They think they can sell us any old load of manure.
