SEEDS OF DEATH:
UNVEILING THE LIES OF GMOS

Jeffrey M. Smith, directed by Gary Null, USA
2012, 79 min 37 sec

Whistleblowers were fired, threatened, and gagged. Warnings by FDA scientists were ignored. Apparently studies now link genetically modified organisms (GMOs) with toxins, allergies, infertility, infant mortality, immune dysfunction, stunted growth, cancer, accelerated aging, and death. This movies touches upon all topics related to GMOs. From the history, the science, the human, animal and plant effects, the technology, the money trail, the dominating industry, government involvement and what major media refuse to disclose. Expert Jeffrey M. Smith, author of Seeds of Deception, and Genetic Roulette, presents evidence why these gene-spliced crops may lead to health and environmental catastrophes.

INDIAN FARMER SUICIDE

NaturalSociety.com
2011, 4 min 51 sec

In what has been called the single largest wave of recorded suicides in human history, Indian farmers are now killing themselves in record numbers. It has been extensively reported, even in mainstream news, but nothing has been done about it. Monsanto’s inflated costs and ineffective seeds have driven farmers to suicide and is considered to be one of the largest – if not the largest – cause of the quarter of a million farmer suicides over the last 16 years.

According to the most recent figures provided by the New York University School of Law, 17.638 Indian farmers committed suicide in 2009 – about one death every 30 minutes. In 2008, the Daily Mail labeled the continual and disturbing suicide spree as the GM Genocide. Due to failing harvests and inflated prices that bankrupt the poor farmers, struggling Indian farmers killed themselves. Oftentimes, they would commit the act by drinking the very same insecticide that Monsanto supplied them with – a gruesome testament to the extent in which Monsanto has wrecked the lives of independent and traditional farmers.

The rate of Indian farmer suicides massively increased since the introduction of Monsanto’s Bt cotton in 2002. It is no wonder that a large percentage of farmers who take their own lives are cotton farmers, the demographic that is thought to be among the most impacted. Many families are ruined by the loss of their loved ones and struggle to fight off starvation. “We are ruined now,” says a 38-year-old widow. “We bought 100 grams of Bt Cotton. Our crop failed twice. My husband had become depressed. He went out to his field, laid down in the cotton and swallowed insecticide.” In India, around 60 per cent of the population -currently standing at 1.1 billion- are directly or indirectly reliant on agriculture. Monsanto’s intrusion into India’s traditional and sustainable farming community has clearly become an issue bigger then a solely health-related one.

FOX NEWS KILLS MONSANTO MILK STORY

PR Watch.org, USA
2006, 9 min 59 sec

Fox News reporters Steve Wilson and Jane Akre uncovered the fact that most of the milk in the USA and across some parts of the world is unfit to drink, due to Monsanto’s rBGH or POSILAC, which has proved to be a cancer-causing growth hormone. The story was killed after pressure from the corporation that developed it – Monsanto – which is affiliated with top Fox advertisers. The station asked the journalists to change the story. When they refused, Fox offered to pay them to keep quiet before finally firing them and refusing to air their report.

ASPARTAME: SWEET MISERY, A POISONED WORLD

Cori Brackett, Sound & Fury Productions
2011, 89 min 54 sec

The artificial sweetener, aspartame, is the bedrock of the diet industry. Found in everything from fizzy drinks to vitamin pills and marketed under a variety of different names, it is difficult to detect and even harder to avoid. But how safe is it? Does it really cause brain tumors, blindness and other serious illnesses? This documentary investigates how the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) came to approve such a potentially dangerous product.

If a product is approved by the FDA and composed of natural ingredients, would you assume it is safe to consume? If the same product is an artificial sweetener, would you assume it helps control your weight? Millions of people use aspartame, the artificial sweetener known as NutraSweet, with these assumptions in mind. Aspartame can be found in thousands of products such as: instant breakfasts, breath mints, cereals, sugar-free chewing gum, cocoa mixes, coffee beverages, frozen desserts, gelatin desserts, juice beverages, laxatives, multivitamins, milk drinks, pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter medicines, shake mixes, soft drinks, tabletop sweeteners, tea beverages, instant teas, topping mixes, wine coolers, yogurt and so on.

However, aspartame’s tainted history of approval and potentially toxic ingredients casts serious doubts on the safety of this sugar substitute. Furthermore, aspartame may actually increase your appetite. While the FDA approval may signal the green light for safe consumption, 85 per cent of all complaints registered with the FDA are for adverse reactions to aspartame, including five reported deaths. A closer look at the unscientific studies, suspicious approval methods and harmful ingredients reveal the hidden dangers of this artificial sweetener. In reality, aspartame poses a public health threat.

WAR ON HEALTH: FDA’S CULT OF TYRANNY

Gary Null, USA
2012, 97 min 41 sec

Featuring many pioneering American and European attorneys, physicians, medical researchers and advocates of health freedom, War on Health lifts the veil on FDA’s militaristic operations against organic food providers and alternative physicians. The film’s conclusion is clear: the FDA is a tyrannical cult founded upon the denial of sound medical science with little intention to improve the nation’s health and prevent diseases.

SOYLENT GREEN

Richard Fleischer, USA
1973, 3 min 21 sec

Soylent Green is an American science fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer starring Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson. The film overlays the police procedural and science fiction genres as it depicts the investigation into the murder of a wealthy businessman in a dystopian future suffering from pollution, overpopulation, depleted resources, poverty, dying oceans and a hot climate due to the greenhouse effect. Much of the population survives on processed food rations, including soylent green.