Soylent Green Is People!

Soylent Green; a movie put out in 1973 with a plot summary that follows: A tale of Earth in despair in 2022. Natural food like fruits, vegetables, and meat among others are now extinct. Earth is overpopulated and New York City has 40 million starving, poverty stricken people. The only way they survive is with water rations and eating a mysterious food called Soylent. A detective investigates the murder of the president of the Soylent company. The truth he uncovers is more disturbing than the Earth in turmoil when he learns the secret ingredient of Soylent Green.

I bring this up in lieu of this recent story:

Peanut butter suspected in salmonella cases
100 cases in 37 states prompt FDA, CDC to probe Peter Pan brand

ATLANTA - A salmonella outbreak that has slowly grown to nearly 300 cases in 39 states since August has been linked to tainted peanut butter, federal health officials said Wednesday.

It is believed to be the first salmonella outbreak associated with peanut butter in U.S. history...

This as we all know is not the first time a processed food as been contaminated with risk to the public.

Following is a list of food recalls for 2006 alone!

• Beef Jerky (potential contamination) Nov 17, 2006


• Ground Beef, Omaha Beef Company (E. coli O157:H7) Oct 23, 2006


• Pork Products (Listeria) Oct 12, 2006


• Chicken Salad Product (undeclared allergen) Aug 31, 2006


• Beef Products (E. coli O157:H7) Aug 18, 2006


• Ground Beef Products (E. coli O157:H7) Aug 5, 2006


• Ground Beef (E. coli O157:H7) Aug 4, 2006


• Ground Beef (E. coli O157:H7) Jul 31, 2006


• Hot Dogs (Listeria) Jul 25, 2006


• Frozen Meat Loaf Entrees (Pieces of metal) Jul 25, 2006


• Ground Beef (E. coli O157:H7) Jul 17, 2006


• Jumbo Franks (undeclared allergen) Jul 13, 2006


• Beef Sticks (Mislabeling) Jun 30, 2006


• Ham Products (Staphylococcus aureus) Jun 13, 2006


• Advance Food Co. Frozen Meat Products (foreign material) (PDF only) May 26, 2006


• Canned Chicken Soup Product (undeclared allergen) May 25, 2006


• Ground Meat Products (E. coli O157:H7) (PDF only) May 5, 2006


• Chicken Fillets (underprocessed) Apr 20, 2006


• Chicken Toddler Food (pieces of bone) Apr 18, 2006


• Ham Salad (Listeria) Apr 5, 2006


• Dried Beef (Listeria) Mar 23, 2006


• LIPTON® Chicken Noodle Soup Product (undeclared allergen) Mar 14, 2006


• Frozen Stuffed Chicken Entrees (Salmonella)Mar 10, 2006


• Meatball Products (undeclared allergen) Mar 7, 2006


• Griffin's, Pork BAR-B-Q, UNSKINNED PORK WITH SAUCE" (Listeria) Feb 18, 2006


• Beef Sausage (potential contamination) Feb 18, 2006


• Chicken Egg Rolls (undeclared allergen) Feb 16, 2006


• Sausages (undeclared allergen) Jan 27, 2006


• Sirloin Beef and Asian Style Vegetables (undeclared allergen) Jan 23, 2006


• Asian Style Pot Stickers (foreign material) Jan 23, 2006


• Lancaster and Hatfield Brand Beef Franks (undeclared allergen) Jan 5, 2006
  
  
  

The Hundred-Year Lie: How Food and Medicine Are Destroying Your Health
Over the past one hundred years, we have been guinea pigs in a vast chemistry experiment that uses our bodies, our health, and our good will to test the proposition that modern science can improve upon nature.

In The Hundred-Year Lie, investigative journalist RandallFitzgerald shatters dozens of myths being perpetuated by the chemical, pharmaceutical and processed food industries.

Find out why you would never be FDA-approved—and why humans are becoming one of the most polluted species on the planet:

• The average American now carries a “body burden” of 700 or more synthetic chemicals, including Teflon, plastics, and dozens of pesticides.
• Musk fragrances used in detergents and air fresheners are not filtered out by our current water treatment facilities, ending up in our drinking water.
• The artificial sweetener aspartame, an ingredient in 1,200 food products from diet drinks to chewing gum, has been linked to eighty-eight toxic symptoms.

Fitzgerald not only sheds light on the problems we face from the unprecedented chemical onslaught, he presents suggestions for what we can to do to turn the tide.