Corporate disregard of anything but $ profits may be the death of us all. Last week I went all in ordering buffalo, elk, & venison wild game landjaeger which phone call assured me was chemical free. My delight turned to dismay reading the label ingredients including beef, dextrose, corn syrup solids, soy flour, hydrolyzed soy protein, smoke flavor, monosodium glutamate, and sodium nitrite. The small bizness makers of this "original old world sausage" sales model seems no different from Monsanto's deception.
Trust your doctor? Mine in HI recommended Benicar about 10 years ago for high blood pressure which I've been taking (half doses) since. My new NE doctor just approved my switch to the generic but curious I decided to research reviews online. Holy sh**, the Benicar maker just offered a 300 million $ settlement to over 2,000 litigants who claimed SERIOUS side effects, and the firm also agreed to pay a 39 million $ fine for kickbacks to boost sales.
I was blessed with a large crop of uncles & aunties. Back in the day everyone saved bacon grease to cook with because food DID taste better fried in it. So, they started dropping off due to heart attacks & strokes. The last two tho succumbed to cancer, as did my parents thereafter. Yah, maybe one poison alone won't kill, but read the label for example on the increasingly popular (and tasty) ramen packs. Back in the day the broth was made from boiled bones with salt to taste and sometimes a flavor nudge with dried shrimp or tiny "anchovies". Period.
Most of the independent organic purveyors have been bought up by corporate food. And, given a choice of organic grapes for example at $3.99 or commercial for less than half that I'll necessarily go with cheap. Not much organic choices here in rural NE anyway.
During Summer skeeter season a spray truck still drives my neighborhood, & I don't want to know what it is, just lock up the house as best as can.
Diesel drives our nations goods transportation, & doubt that will ever be touched by citizen activism.