Pandemic Survival Blog

According to Natural News , the rise in food allergies and gluten sensitivities are evidence that GM foods have impacted the global food chain in negative and dangerous ways. As such, millions of Americans agree that, at the very minimum, GM foods ought to carry labeling designating them as such -- just like the labeling requirements for ingredients in other foods. Some states are beginning to get the message and are responding to demands by their citizens to require such labeling. As reported by Prevention magazine, Connecticut and Maine are two states that are moving in that direction. So far, the federal government has resisted requiring GM foods to be labeled, no doubt in part due to intense lobbying by the food industry (as happened in the defeat of a California labeling initiative), which does not want to label GM foods, for some reason. But such resistance to labeling means that Americans who want to avoid GM foods are basically on their own to figure out what t...

    The famous talk show host Oprah Winfrey once had to run to the courts as a lawsuit was filed against her back in the mid 90s. In 1996, Oprah hosted a show where the guest opined that there was always a possibility of an outbreak of mad cow disease as cattle all over the U.S. was fed with livestock who had died suddenly and without any apparent reason. However, this show created much controversy across the country as beef prices plummeted and cattle farmers were left with huge losses. They filed a lawsuit against the guest of the show, Howard Lyman, who was held responsible for their losses. However, Oprah being the host, was not spared.   Though cattle farmers said that beef was absolutely safe, there had already been an outbreak of mad cow disease in England prior to the telecast of the show. Moreover, the UK government had also accepted the fact that there was always a possibility of people getting infected with the disease due to uncontrolled con...