[GPSCC-chat] "Food, Inc." on PBS Tonight 9PM

[Brian Good]

http://www.pbs.org/pov/foodinc/

The film shows what's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our 
government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our mechanized food supply
 is controlled by corporations that often put profit 
ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, workers' safety,  and the environment. Along with bigger-breasted 
chickens, perfect pork chops, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, 
and tomatoes that won't go bad we get new strains of E. coli, which sickens 73,000 
Americans annually. We are riddled with obesity and diabetes.

Among those interviewed are Eric Schlosser ("Fast Food 
Nation") and Michael Pollan ("The Omnivore's Dilemma").

On a related note, Mark Morford points out that the big health insurance companies own $2 billion in stock in the fast-food industry.  


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/04/21/notes042110.DTL
"The more successful McDonald's is, the sicker the nation gets, the 
higher your insurance premiums will skyrocket, the more drugs you will 
demand, the less willpower you will have, the more you will crave toxic 
garbage 'comfort food,' the more you will believe you're a victim, the 
less control you will have over the your body and your life, the happier
 these companies will be. And lo, the circle of life continues. Until 
your heart collapses."























 		 	   		  
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