GMO’s – 12 Reasons To Avoid Them

On May 23, 2013 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

GMO Monsanto

Let’s Face It, There will always be someone who looks at you like a deer in headlights when you try to explain why GMO’s are not safe. Maybe this will help.

1. GMOs are grown with toxic chemicals and resulting pesticide residues are known to be harmful to human health.

2. Research has shown that laboratory mammals fed GMOs suffer adverse effects that include damage to kidneys, liver, adrenal glands, spleen, and heart. Additionally, their immune systems were compromised and in some cases brain size was reduced.

Environmental harms.

3. GMO crops require huge amounts of chemicals that are harmful to soil, water, the atmosphere, and creatures. Although they are promoted as a technology to reduce pesticide usage, GM crops in the U.S. used greater than 26 percent more pesticides per acre in 2008 than non-GMO crops, based on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data.

4. GMOs are actually increasing the need for stronger and more poisonous pesticides. For example, one agrochemical company is awaiting USDA approval of corn and soybeans resistant to 2, 4-D, a chemical related to Agent Orange.

5. GMOs are causing a growing epidemic of “superweeds.” These massive weeds have evolved a resistance to glyphosate, a chemical used on GM crops. Stronger toxic chemicals and soil-eroding tillage operations are required in order to eliminate superweeds.

6. GMOs contribute to global warming: GM crops require synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, which are responsible for approximately 60 percent of total emissions of nitrous oxide (a greenhouse gas nearly 300 times more potent than CO2). GM crops use high amounts of fossil fuels through the production of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers.

7. GMO practices contaminate our organic and local food systems. A report titled, Gone to Seed, found that 50 percent or more of non-GMO corn, canola, and soybean seed have been contaminated with GM genes.

8. Beneficial insects can be harmed. A Cornell University study showed that monarch butterflies suffered higher mortality rates when consuming milkweed leaves dusted with the Bt toxin associated with GM crops. And recently, pesticides called neonicotinoids have been blamed for the collapsing bee populations.

Harms to social and human rights.

9. GMOs are promoted as way to feed the world and mitigate hunger; however, numerous studies demonstrate that the GM crops do not produce higher yields as claimed. As one example, a USDA publication reports that “GM crops do not increase the yield potential.”

10. GMOs lead to corporate control over seed and food: Today only one company controls about 95 percent of GM seeds. This limits access to seeds, which are the center of food and life.

11. These large agri-corporations do not let farmers save seeds, a basic practice that has continued for centuries to ensure food security.

12. GMO agriculture is an extension of current industrial-farming practices that have resulted in the loss of family farms and farmer livelihoods around the globe.

Read Full Article by guest blogger Alberto Gonzalez, founder and CEO of GustOrganics

Monsanto – A Half Century Of Health Scandals

On May 22, 2013 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

Agent Orange, Dioxin, GMO, Aspartame, Growth Hormones, Herbicides, PCBs,

The giant U.S. agribusiness Monsanto was found guilty on Monday Feb. 13, after being sued by a small farmer from Charente who had been poisoned by a herbicide. This event is a first in France. On the scale of the history of the one-hundred-year-old multinational, this sentence constitutes just one more episode in an already long record of court procedures.

PCBs, Agent Orange, dioxin, GMO, Aspartame, growth hormones, herbicides (Lasso and Roundup) … a number of products that have made the fortune of Monsanto, have been marred by health scandals and trials sometimes leading to their prohibition. But nothing has so far hindered the irresistible rise of this former chemical giant who converted back to biogenetics and has mastered the art of lobbying. Portrait of a multinational multi-recidivist.

A chemical giant …explosive

Since its creation in 1901 in St. Louis, the small producer of saccharin that became one of the leading seed producers on the planet, has continued to make headlines. After the Second World War, the accidental explosion of a Monsanto plastics factory caused by a French freighter loaded with nitrate, which caused 500 deaths in Texas City in 1947, has remained in history as one of the first disasters of the chemical industry.

PCBs: the trial of shame

In 2001, 3,600 inhabitants of the city of Anniston, Alabama, attacked Monsanto for PCB contamination. According to a report, declassified by the U.S. Agency of Environmental Protection (EPA), Monsanto for almost forty years dumped thousands of tons of contaminated waste in a stream and an open garbage dump in the heart of a black neighborhood in the city.

Agent Orange: convinced of “poisoning”

During these same years, between 1961 and 1971, Monsanto produced Agent Orange, made up from the herbicide 2,4,5-T, whose dangerousness has been widely known ever since the explosion of the Nitro plant. This defoliant was massively dumped by U.S. aircraft over Vietnamese forests during the war. The consequences are still felt today, with many cancers and birth defects occurring in Vietnam, as well as various effects felt by many U.S. veterans.

In the 1970s, the Vietnam veterans opened a class action against the manufacturers of Agent Orange. Monsanto, alongside six other companies, was found to be the major guilty party in a lawsuit concerning damages for poisoning. In 1987, the seven manufacturers of Agent Orange were sentenced to pay $ 180 million to a compensation fund to U.S. soldiers.

During the trial, Monsanto presented scientific studies showing no link between exposure to dioxin and the cancers suffered by many veterans, in order to dismiss their action. It was demonstrated in the early 1990s that the studies based on the consequences of the explosion at the Nitro plant in 1949 were biased.

This scientific fraud is confirmed by the National Research Council, which found that Monsanto’s studies “suffer from misclassification between those exposed and not exposed to dioxin, and that this scientific fraud is confirmed by the National Research Council, and that they were biased in order to obtain the desired effect. “The case will be brought up again in 1990 by Greenpeace and the researcher Joe Thornton in a report entitled Science for Sale.

Read The Entire Article for more on Is Roundup herbicide toxic?, Herbicide Lasso : off sale, Growth Hormones: scandal on Fox News, GMO: Law suits galore, Aspartame health scandal,

http://www.opednews.com/articles/1/Monsanto-a-half-century-o-by-Soren-Seelow-Le-M-120325-363.html

GMO & Agent Orange Speech Given By Truth Teller At Millions Against Monsanto NYC

On May 6, 2013 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

Agent Orange – Monsanto – GMO

March Against Monsanto 2013 season is here! Please read the following for important information.

Truth Teller 2013

On October 16, 2011, Kelly L. Derricks, also known as TRUTH TELLER traveled to New York City where she gave a public speech about Agent Orange after being invited by Millions Against Monsanto to participate in the rally event for World Food Day. Since then, the illness list she referenced reported by Children of Vietnam Veterans has grown to nearly 800 which are listed on the website of the Non-profit she Co-Founded, (COVVHA) Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance INC., with Heather A. Bowser.

Kelly has battled severe health issues since she was born that continue today. Some of her illnesses, presumed to be associated with the inter-generational effects of Agent Orange, include but are not limited to the following:

• Chronic kidney disease
• Crohn’s disease
• Addison’s disease
• Congenital adrenal hyperplaysia
• Intersticial cystitis.

*Her complete list of illnesses staggers to 35 different things.

Kelly will be speaking at the Philadelphia Location (Independence Mall) March Against Monsanto Event on Saturday May 25, 2013

Please Read Kelly’s Full Bio

http://covvha.net/children-of-vietnam-veterans-health-alliance-surviving-agent-orange-and-dioxin-exposures/

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GMO Toxicology – Long term toxicity of Roundup herbicide

On May 3, 2013 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

The health effects of a Roundup -tolerant genetically modiﬁed maize (from 11% in the diet), cultivatedwith or without Roundup, and Roundup alone (from 0.1ppb in water), were studied 2years in rats. Infemales, all treated groups died 2–3 times more than controls, and more rapidly. This difference was vis-ible in 3 male groups fed GMOs. All results were hormone and sex dependent, and the pathological pro-ﬁles were comparable. Females developed large mammary tumors almost always more often than andbefore controls, the pituitary was the second most disabled organ; the sex hormonal balance was mod-iﬁed by GMO and Roundup treatments. In treated males, liver congestions and necrosis were 2.5–5.5times higher. This pathology was conﬁrmed by optic and transmission electron microscopy. Markedandseverekidneynephropathieswerealsogenerally1.3–2.3greater.Malespresented4timesmorelargepalpable tumors than controls which occurred up to 600days earlier. Biochemistry data conﬁrmed verysigniﬁcant kidney chronic deﬁciencies; for all treatments and both sexes, 76% of the altered parameterswere kidney related. These results can be explained by the non linear endocrine-disrupting effects of Roundup, but also by the overexpression of the transgene in the GMO and its metabolic consequences.

GMO Toxicology

GMO LEGISLATION Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act Endorsed By COVVHA

On April 25, 2013 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act

Take Action and make your voice heard now!!!!!!

All Legislation Endorsed and/or Opposed Has Been Approved and Reviewed by Kelly L. Derricks

It has never been easier to write your State Representative and share your position on current legislation. C.O.V.V.H.A. has been making it even easier for members, fans and followers!! The days of getting your pens and papers out to send your letters are over!!!

An “action page” link has been set up for the Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act H.R.1699 & S.809 which takes you directly to the specific legislation as well as an area for your Name, Zip Code, and YOUR VOTE. That’s it!!! You hit enter and your information is sent directly to your State Representative in letter form which you will receive a copy of via email.

Your VOICE does count, PLEASE, use it!!!

Kelly L. Derricks (T.T.)

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I personally casted both of my votes and included the following statement to the United States House and Senate: I support H.R. 1699 (“To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that genetically engineered food”) because… GMO foods are engineered with health threatening compounds and chemicals and then sprayed with half of the chemical compound used in the production of AGENT ORANGE. The U.S. Gov’t killed my Father at the age of 37 after serving in the Vietnam War. Agent Orange/DIOXIN was passed through his sperm mutating my DNA. I have to fight for my life every single day with more than 30 diagnosed illnesses at the age of 38 and so do tens of thousands of other Children of Vietnam Veterans who were exposed. Now the gov’t doesn’t care that we are being DOUBLE EXPOSED. That’s Capital Murder if you ask me. You’ll see me standing in a court room bringing charges of Murder against the United States Govt before you see me standing down on GMO.

Truth Teller
www.covvha.net

GMO Just Label IT Bill Introduced – BREAKING NEWS

On April 24, 2013 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

The national Just Label It coalition applauded the introduction of bipartisan legislation today to require food manufacturers to inform consumers when packaged food contains genetically engineered ingredients.

The Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act was introduced today by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR).

“Americans want to know more, not less, about their food,” said Katey Parker of Just Label It, which has more than 650 partner organizations. “More than 90 percent of Americans want the same rights as consumers in 64 countries around the world. It’s time to trust American consumers with information about genetically engineered ingredients so they can make the best choices for themselves and their families.”

More than 1 million Americans have petitioned FDA to require labeling on packaged food containing GE ingredients.

To view the Senate version of the bill, click here.

To view the House version of the bill, click here.

By: Just Label It
Posted on April 24, 2013

See more via – http://justlabelit.org/just-label-it-applauds-ge-labeling-bill/

GMO Right to Know Act Organization and Business Supporters by Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

New GMO Review Links Roundup Glyphosate to Diabetes Autism Infertility and Cancer

On April 19, 2013 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

A new peer-reviewed scientific review paper has been released in the US stating that glyphosate-based herbicides such as Roundup are contributing to gastrointestinal disorders, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression, autism, infertility, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

The review paper states that “glyphosate enhances the damaging effects of …food borne chemical residues and environmental toxins. Negative impact on the body is insidious and manifests slowly over time as inflammation damages cellular systems throughout the body. Here, we show how interference with CYP enzymes acts synergistically with disruption of the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids by gut bacteria, as well as impairment in serum sulfate transport. Consequences are most of the diseases and conditions associated with a Western diet, which include gastrointestinal disorders, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression, autism, infertility, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.”

New GMO Review Links Roundup Glyphosate to Diabetes, Autism, Infertility and Cancer by Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

Monsanto, KEEP YOUR GMO’S OUT OF VIETNAM!

On March 27, 2013 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

Agent G.M.O.

By LIEN HOANG

HO CHI MINH CITY — It’s 5 a.m. and the streets already are buzzing. People know that the best time to shop at open-air markets is before daybreak. And they know to ask for fresh, firm vegetables grown locally, rather than in China, where dangerous pesticides are routinely overused.

Soon they also might be asking whether their potatoes and soybeans are genetically modified. Not only is the Vietnamese government considering lifting the current ban on genetically modified organisms, it hopes to blanket as much as one-third of the country’s farmland with genetically engineered crops by 2020.

This is too much too soon. Vietnamese officials are reasonably worried about how to feed a country of 90 million. But the policy change is based on one-sided information from those who would profit from G.M.O. sales, and it displays little concern for consumer protection.

What’s more, Monsanto, the chemical company that would help bring biotechnology to Vietnam, is the one that brought it Agent Orange during the war four decades ago.

Advocates say genetically modified seeds produce greater yields, in part because they are resistant to insects, herbicides and drought. Opponents say the promise of higher productivity is a myth and warn of overdependence on single-crop agriculture, damage to the environment and for consumers.

These are the kinds of costs and benefits that a country should weigh for itself. But in Vietnam the issue is barely being discussed, even though the state has a knack for public-service announcements. When politicians make a push for motorcyclists to wear helmets or teenagers to abstain from drugs, they slather the streets with Soviet-style posters and the newspapers with editorials.

Jeffrey Smith, director of the Iowa-based Institute for Responsible Technology, told me that government officials he met in Hanoi in 2011seemed troubled by the dangers of genetic modification — and of their colleagues’ disregard for their concerns. The people Smith talked to, he said, worried that some members of the government “were basically taking dictation from Monsanto” and ignoring information that genetically modified foods are “potentially damaging to the economy and food sovereignty.”

Continue Reading – http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/should-monsanto-be-allowed-to-bring-genetically-engineered-crops-to-vietnam/?smid=fb-share

Genetic Roulette – The Gamble of our Lives – FULL MOVIE

On February 5, 2013 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

Awarded Solari Best Film of the Year, 2012, Genetic Roulette has an opportunity to receive the AwareGuide Top Transformational Film, 2012! IRT is offering a free screening of GRM so you can watch and understand why this film certainly deserves the awarded for most transformational film, 2012!

If you have not yet seen this life changing film, Institute for Responsible Technology is offering a free screening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnlTYFKBg18

When the US government ignored repeated warnings by its own scientists and allowed untested genetically modified (GM) crops into our environment and food supply, it was a gamble of unprecedented proportions. The health of all living things and all future generations were put at risk by an infant technology.

After two decades, physicians and scientists have uncovered a grave trend. The same serious health problems found in lab animals, livestock, and pets that have been fed GM foods are now on the rise in the US population. And when people and animals stop eating genetically modified organisms (GMOs), their health improves.

This seminal documentary provides compelling evidence to help explain the deteriorating health of Americans, especially among children, and offers a recipe for protecting ourselves and our future.

More information can be found at: http://geneticroulettemovie.com and http://responsibletechnology.org

Order the DVD at: http://seedsofdeception.com/store/dvdcd?product_id=124

GMO Myths and Truths

On January 3, 2013 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

Genetically modified (GM) crops are promoted on the basis of a range of far-reaching claims from the GM crop industry and its supporters.Based on the evidence presented in this report, there is no need to take risks with GM crops when effective, readily available, and sustainable solutions to the problems that GM technology is claimed to address already exist. Conventional plant breeding, in some cases helped by safe modern technologies like gene mapping and marker assisted selection, continues to outperform GM in producing high-yield, drought-tolerant, and pest- and disease-resistant crops that can meet our present and future food needs.GMO Myths and Truthshttp://earthopensource.org/index.php/reports/58

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Agent Orange, Vietnam Veterans, Monsanto, GMO News – November & December 2012

On December 26, 2012 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

What is A.O.F.D, Agent Orange Food Disorder, and how many …

Agent Orange Food Disorder, AOFD, is an ongoing mutation of cells from …. suffering birth defects as terrible as those found in the Agent Orange contaminated …

‘Legacies of War’

Coeur d’Alene Press Dewey Parker worked on a flight line inspecting airplanes that sprayed the Agent Orange herbicide during the Vietnam War. Today, the Air Force veteran who …

Agent Orange, United States Military Veterans, And Myelodysplastic …

The MDS Beacon I often see Vietnam-era military veterans in my clinic who have been diagnosed with MDS, and they always ask me, “Could Agent Orange exposure have …

What Are GMO? What Is A GMO? What Foods Are Genetically Modified …

OpEdNews … PCB’s & Agent Orange), Dow (Agent Orange and Agent Blue – Arsenic), Bayer (CCD – Colony Collapse Disorder of Bees), BASF (GMO Potatoes), DuPont

AO Victims Grateful to British PM

Salem-News.Com … of Agent Orange, was asked by the Viet Nam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) to present the gifts in person. The gifts comprised a selection of beautiful hand-embroidered linen and colourful hand-painted pictures made by….

Ten Top Reasons Why Food with GMO Ingredients Should Be So Labeled

Meridian Magazine In the past, Monsanto also assured us of the public safety of DDT and Agent Orange as household items, both of which were produced by Monsanto with devastating results. 7. GMO labeling has nothing to do with excessive government intervention and …

@DA NANG: Perception gap over Agent Orange is déjà vu after Fukushima

Asahi Shimbun Highly toxic dioxin, the main ingredient in Agent Orange, continues to be detected … is a Vietnam War veteran, and her mother was born with birth defects.

The pesticides you eat

Salt Lake Tribune Their answer to a failing Roundup system is now “Agent Orange Corn.” The corporate sales pitch is that GMOs increase crop yields and so are needed to feed …

A daughter faces demons of father’s war
CNN
“Yeah, because they’ve seen bad things,” Caitlin said. Christal had spoken with other grown children of Vietnam veterans. But this was the first time she saw herself in a child. Christal contained herself in front of Caitlin. But when she and her mom …

Tribute to Vietnam fallen helps keep Dad in her life
Tribune-Review
Rihn, a respiratory therapist, and about 70 other children of veterans went to Vietnam in 2003 to retrace the footsteps of their fathers. She and her husband, John, and their daughters, Megan, 20, and Alyssa, 17, make several trips a year to Washington …

Fifty years later, US, Vietnam deal with Agent Orange
USA TODAY
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recently ruled that numerous ailments are presumed to have been caused by Agent Orange among the Vietnam veterans who have them. The ruling meant these veterans would qualify for certain benefits that had been …

Living With MDS: Why Did I Get Cancer?
The MDS Beacon
Dr. Steensma’s recent column about Agent Orange reminded me of the many months (or was it years?) I spent kicking myself over every poor decision I had ever made about my health. It also caused me to re-visit having lived near a dioxin superfund …

Agent Orange leaves lingering, costly aftermath
Reading Eagle
Some were casualties of Agent Orange. “A lot of them that were there had limbs … Tumors, rashes, miscarriages and birth defects were reported in the years …

Deadly rainbow: Veterans suffer from Agent Orange exposure
Montgomery Advertiser
The main dioxin in Agent Orange, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, or TCDD, is one of the most toxic. During the 1970s, veterans returning from Vietnam …

Air Force Vietnam veteran wants other vets to learn about Agent Orange Registry
ABC Action News
It did, it floored me,” recalled Bob Wood. When Wood suffered a heart attack two years ago, doctors at the Haley VA Hospital told him his exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam contributed to his heart disease. “This is unbelievable,” Wood thought at the…

A Battle Unending: The Vietnam War and Agent Orange
the Diplomat
By Simon Roughneen While the Vietnam War ended decades ago, its effects continue to linger on.Agent Orange haunts the lives of the people it has touched.

Monsanto and Genetically Engineered Food: Playing Roulette With …
Truth-Out
Is Monsanto the most pernicious global corporation when it comes to GMOs, … They lied to us about the safety of PCB’s, DDT and Agent Orange, …

Sister of Agent Orange victim says battle for recognition far from over
GlobalNews.ca
Bertrand was one of about 30 people who got compensation from the federal government after it overturned a decision to deny claims for people diagnosed with Agent Orange-related illnesses past a June 30, 2011 deadline. Timeline: The fight for Agent …

WMU professor’s book analyzes effects of Agent Orange
Western Herald
Ed Martini, Associate Professor of History and Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently published Agent Orange: History, Science, and the Politics of Uncertainty, a book that better explains the chemical used during the Vietnam War.

Dioxin, TCE Drums, U-235 and El Toro’s Panhandle
Salem-News.Com
We do know that one El Toro Marine who never served in Vietnam died from Agent Orange exposure, Dr. Chuck Bennett over 12 years ago cited two Orange County experts who examined soil samples from the panhandle and found weapons grade U-235 …

Vietnam Veterans Memorial 30 years later | Invisible Children Blog
Three decades ago, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC was officially dedicated on Nov. 13th 1982. Consisting of two reflective walls that span …

Veterans Corner: Vietnam service ‘presumptive’ disability benefits
Hanford Sentinel
Certain conditions are also recognized for the children of Vietnam veterans. Covered birth defects include a wide range conditions. Eighteen defects are specifically included and others not specifically excluded are covered. Vietnam veterans who served…
****COVVHA HAS RESPONDED TO THE ABOVE ARTICLE****

THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE ARTICLE IS MISLEADING AND INCORRECT

“VA does this because of the unique circumstances of their military service. If one of these conditions is diagnosed in a veteran, VA presumes that the circumstances of his/her service caused the condition and disability compensation can be awarded.”

Let’s start with using the term, Agent Orange Dioxin. This is the “unique circumstance” our military members were exposed to, by their own government.

I think it’s totally disrespectful to not mention what the disability compensation is connected to.

The government used a chemical herbicide nicknamed Agent Orange (due to the orange stripe on the barrel). They used 22 million gallons on Southeast Asia to kill the vegetation, and deny the enemy cover. This chemical was also used along the Korean DMZ. Our government told our military was safe. What our troops were unaware of is that it contained Dioxin the most poisonous chemical known to man. Well, they found out, alright. Years later, our Vietnam Veterans began becoming seriously ill. Many died young, many young men acquired “old man” diseases with no prior family history all while our government denied their poison had any role in harming them.

The government waited till 1991 to help our veterans, prior to that they were called crazy or faking. The process has been so slow to help our Vietnam Veterans that even after they started to “Presume” a few illnesses, many Vets succumb to their illnesses leaving their families with only more questions and no support. There are claims dating back to the early 1980’s for Ischemic Heart disease (Added only to the presumptive list in 2010) still in appeal. This is not an easy process no matter what you may be led to believe. It is a tragedy.

Secondly, this article is disseminating incorrect information about the Children of Vietnam Veterans. After coming home from war, Veterans tried to move on with their lives and start their families. They soon discovered their children were being born with horrifying deformities, cleft Palate, Club foot, hip dysplasia, rare disorders, and strange illnesses. Our Government again turned it’s back.

“Certain conditions are also recognized for the children of Vietnam veterans. Covered birth defects include a wide range conditions. Eighteen defects are specifically included and others not specifically excluded are covered”

“Vietnam veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam between Jan. 9, 1962 and May 7, 1975, and later contracted any of these conditions, or have children with birth defects, should apply for disability compensation benefits.”

This is very frustrating especially if this is supposed to be by someone knowledgeable in this field. There are not 18+ birth defects covered in the children of Male Vietnam Veterans. There is only one Spina Bifida. From the VA website:

Children who have spina bifida (except spina bifida occulta) and meet the following requirements may be eligible for VA compensation, health care, and vocational training:

Are biological children of Veterans who served:Were conceived after the date on which the Veteran first entered Vietnam or the Korean demilitarized zone during the qualifying service period
- In Vietnam during the period from January 9, 1962 through May 7, 1975, or
- In or near the Korean demilitarized zone between September 1, 1967 and August 31, 1971 and were exposed to herbicides. Veterans who served in a unit in or near the Korean demilitarized zone anytime between April 1, 1968 and August 31, 1971 are presumed to have been exposed to herbicides.
If you are the child of a Male Vietnam Veteran you are NOT eligible for compensation unless you have Spina Bifida (NOT OCCULTA- the most common form)

There is no help for the thousands and thousands of children of male Vietnam Veterans that are suffering from congenital deformities, Cancers, Autoimmune Diseases, Reproductive Problems and other rare illnesses. There were 2.8 million people that served in Vietnam. Six to eight thousand of them were women.

The eighteen, plus birth defects you talk about in this article are only covered in the children of WOMEN Vietnam Veterans NOT in the children of Male Vietnam Veterans even though the children of Male veterans suffer greatly with the same illnesses!

Anyone else who have the birth defects listed whose mother was not a Vietnam Veteran WILL BE DENIED.

Covered birth defects include, but are not limited to, the following conditions: NOT COVERED IN THE CHILDREN OF MALE VIETNAM VETERANS!!!!!!!!!!

Achondroplasia
Cleft lip and cleft palate
Congenital heart disease
Congenital talipes equinovarus (clubfoot)
Esophageal and intestinal atresia
Hallerman-Streiff syndrome
Hip dysplasia
Hirschprung’s disease (congenital megacolon)
Hydrocephalus due to aqueductal stenosis
Hypospadias
Imperforate anus
Neural tube defects
Poland syndrome
Pyloric stenosis
Syndactyly (fused digits)
Tracheoesophageal fistula
Undescended testicle
Williams syndrome

If you are confused over what is or isn’t covered for the Children of Vietnam Veterans feel free to email us at COVVHA@gmail.com

Medical History Should Include Military History, Doctor Says
New York Times (blog)
So he was surprised to learn not long ago — from reading a newspaper article — that at least one of those ailments, ischemic heart disease, has been linked to exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange, which was used widely in Vietnam. It dawned on him …

Over 200000 veterans exposed to Dioxin
VietNamNet Bridge
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam currently has more than 200000 veterans exposed to Agent Orange/Dioxin and infected with some diseases identified by the US …

Agent Orange remains big health concern
Herald Palladium (subscription)
JOSEPH – A vestige of the Vietnam War is present front and center at the Berrien County Veterans Service Office. Dozens of veterans of the war, which ended in 1975, call or visit to get help in filing claims for illnesses and conditions attributed to …

Monsanto On Verge of $40 Million GMO Bailout in Europe: Report
DeathRattleSports.com
Monsanto GMO Bailout in Europe A Sign of Things to Come? … a company that moved from producing Agent Orange during the Vietnam War to using their …

Conditions recognized as related to exposure to Agent Orange
Journal Times
The following presumptive conditions are recognized by the Veterans Affairs as related to Agent Orange exposure for veterans who served in county in Vietnam during Jan. 9, 1962, through May 7, 1975. • AL Amyloidosis — A rare disease caused when an …

Vietnamese still fighting for recognition of Agent Orange impact
Toronto Star
They are, she believes, victims of the Agent Orange dumped on Vietnam’s … found “compelling evidence” linking a rise in birth defects and miscarriages in …

A toxic disaster
The Korea Herald
Authorities estimate that 4.8 million were exposed to Agent Orange dioxin in … causing men exposed to Agent Orange to father children with birth defects.

Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance | AGENT ORANGE
Memories of the Vietnam War are dimming, but veterans and Vietnamese nationals who were exposed to Agent Orange and other dioxin-laced defoliants are …

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Agent Orange, Children Of Vietnam Veterans, Monsanto, GMO – The Video That Explains Everything

On December 18, 2012 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

On October 16, 2011, Kelly L. Derricks (TRUTH TELLER) traveled to New York City where she gave a public speech about Agent Orange after being invited by Millions Against Monsanto to participate in the rally event for World Food Day. Below is the video recording of that speech.

Kelly has battled severe health issues since she was born that continue today. Some of her illnesses, presumed to be associated with the inter-generational effects of Agent Orange, include but are not limited to the following:

• Chronic kidney disease
• Crohn’s disease
• Addison’s disease
• Congenital adrenal hyperplaysia
• Intersticial cystitis.

*Her complete list of illnesses staggers to 30 different things.

Kelly continues to fight for the Children of Vietnam Veterans as well as Vietnam Veterans and their families. In January of 2012 She Co-Founded The Non-Profit Organization (COVVHA) Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance INC

Visit The Main Website At WWW.COVVHA.NET

https://www.youtube.com/user/teppnme?feature=watch

A Healthy Happy #GMO Free Holiday

On December 5, 2012 By Q.A.S

With pretty much the biggest holiday approaching it seems we have another dilemma. One that should be identified and solved promptly. What to eat and how to avoid the lovely chemical concoctions that corporations would tell you are safe. Yet when they do not consume it themselves what are the food that you can safely feed to your loved ones? Well I am hoping by providing the following I can perhaps offer you some options to solve this problem.

According to various sources you can have a better chance if you just pay attention to labels. This means taking a little more time when shopping but look at the rewards for doing that. Barcodes can also provide you with information that can help you to avoid these types of scientific creations. They dare call it food. Well perhaps to a guinea pig it could possibly be called food.

Organically grown food can be your best bet when it comes to avoiding GMO’s. Generally organically grown food has a five digit barcode which begins with the number nine. Many GMO products begin with the number 8. So basically this means that a regular banana would have a sticker that might say 4011, an organic banana would say most likely 94011 and a GMO banana would usually have an 84011. This is not tedious when you consider that this is your health we are dealing with here. Your health and that of your family and friends. That should make it worth your while to take your time shopping and be more careful.

My personal advice is to avoid large stores like Walmart and try finding smaller stores, fruit and vegetable stands by the road, home deliveries of locally grown food. Perhaps try planning to grow your own food for next year.The smaller stores are normally killed off slowly because of the so called convenience of bigger parasitic stores such as Walmart, Target, K-Mart etc. It might seem to be you are saving money but you may be putting your health at greater risk by purchasing food here. Fruit and vegetable stands can offer great alternatives to what is offered in the stores. Home deliveries of organically grown local food an be more cost effective than you think. If there is not one in your area then perhaps you might consider sitting down and writing to local farmers and find out what they grow, how they grow it and if they might be willing to work with you. The universal rule I have found to be most true is that where there is a need there will be a service offered to fill that need.

I can already hear people groaning from the cost of organic foods. Yet consider for yourself the costs of the meal that you need and how much food you have left over. Why not make a smaller meal? Involve the children, family and any nearby friends and put them to work helping you to make things. You could get together with another family to cut the cost in half and try something new. Make new friends and have new holiday experiences rather than the same thing. Leading to the same headaches and possible heartaches. Look at what you spend the most money on and try some alternatives. Or try a smaller portion. A family does not need that much meat in order to get the protein that seems so essential. It is not a one sided nutrient only to be found in turkey etc. You may be surprised at the vegetable sources of protein that are available to you and are much more cost effective in feeding a large group of people.

For example one cup of oatmeal provides 6 grams of protein. One bagel and you get 9 grams of protein. I cup of beans and you get 12 grams of protein. Two tablespoons of peanut butter and you have 8 grams of protein. One cup of lentils can give you 18 grams of protein. The point is that I found this by doing a little research. You can find so much information I think the problem is knowing what to look for. So this is why I am offering you bits of information like this. Such as http://twofrugalfairfielders.com/2012/07/26/frugal-foodie-tip-free-30-day-trial-membership-for-organic-and-non-gmo-foods-from-the-green-polka-dot-box-a-national-food-buying-club/ This is a great little blog that is offering a free thirty day trial right now. Following their link I found myself here https://www.greenpolkadotbox.com/membership/?spon=oca They offer a search to see if the service is available in your area. It can be worth a try to help your health and those that you love.

I think that everyone should keep a diary of what they spend and where. This helps them to determine where they could make some cuts in spending. There is always something that you do not really need and can do without. Why pay for debt consolidation when you can do it yourself. Have a look and see what you can do without. Or what you can stop buying and instead learn how to make it yourself. I think people spend too much time taking on far too much themselves when it comes to this time of year. Put your family to work helping you. It helps to bond you together and to have a common goal. Also if you do not know how to cook and you have the internet then you have the world literally at your fingertips. Here are some links I found.

1. http://allrecipes.com/Info/Videos/ViewAll.aspx

2. http://www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/index.html

3. http://video.about.com/food.htm

4. http://www.chalutzproductions.com/FeedMeBubbe/FeedMeMAIN.html

5. http://freshtopia.net/

6. http://www.pbs.org/food/shows/

7. http://chicpodcast.mevio.com/?mode=current

8. http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=26735&cmd=tc

9. http://www.downtoearth.org/free-cooking-classes

10.https://www.stellaculinary.com/stella-culinary-school-podcast-index

The point is that you can and should continually learn new things. If you have time for a favorite television show but you are stressed about the holidays looming up ahead then please consider what is important and what can wait. Learn something new it’s fun! You may also surprise yourself with what you can actually do. Do not let your doubts hold you back from trying something new. Trust me I cook with ingredients that only a year ago I looked at and had no idea what it was. So you can too

Now for those of you that love your phones and yes you are out there. Try this! http://www.nextnutrio.com/?p=924 It is an actual phone app that can scan and help you figure out what food is GMO potentially and what is not. I think that some of you that will remain in a hurry despite what I might advise could find this one particularly appropriate and useful.

Common ingredients that are GMO. Corn is one of the most widely used ones. 63% of corn crops contain GMO’s. High fructose corn syrup is one of the most commonly used ingredients in food now. It is not good for you and honestly you would be better off avoiding anything that has that listed in the ingredients. Canola oil is one of the most common GMO’s. Basically you are better off buying food at it’s most basic than risk the processed foods that seem cheaper and faster. They are cheaper and faster sometimes but what is that costing you in the long run?

This is a list that names companies and brands as being proponents of GMO’s. I advise that you have a look.

http://covvha.net/list-of-gmo-foods/#.UMeJoIPAdHI

IF you take the time to look through the list above and find yourself worrying and wondering what to do. Then go to the following links below and use them as a guide to help you buy things that are not GMO.

1. http://covvha.net/non-gmo-shopping-guide/#.UMeIAYPAdHI

2. http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com/download.html

3. http://gefreebc.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/greenpeace-shoppers_guide.pdf

These can help you to provide a happy and healthy meal for your family throughout the year. I really honestly hope that you will take the time to read this and learn more. To protect yourself and the future of our children. This is so important and such an important issue that you really should not ignore this. I want to see a day where there are no more GMO’s. until that day the least I can do is provide a means for you to find that food yourself.

Here are some recipes, opportunities, ingredients list, ideas and so on. These can be resources for you to know what to buy by name. What you can possibly do as an alternative to your normal holiday meal. Resources on where to buy GMO free food. I hope that these help you in your journey to the belly

1. http://www.facebook.com/events/506222196063221/

2. http://parentables.howstuffworks.com/chow/detox-your-thanksgiving-meal-prep-organic-bpa-free-pantry-options.html

3. http://www.gmofreeidaho.com/category/gmo-free-recipes/

4. http://momsforsafefood.net/2011/01/03/eating-gmo-free-on-a-budget/

5. http://nourishedkitchen.com/gmo-free-food/

6. http://gardenoflife.com/

7. http://realandnourishing.mybeyondorganic.com/

8. http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/holiday/deli/index.php

9. http://www.wholepregnancy.org/index.php?id=articles_more&moreid=142

10. http://www.nourishingmeals.com/

I want to wish you and your loved ones a safe and warm holiday season. I wish you health and comfort. Joy and companionship. This world may seem bad at times but I can tell you that there are many things worth living for. There are many things worth fighting for. We shall do this one step at a time. Baby steps and soon you will find yourself at the doorstep of your goal.

Quiescent A. Serpent

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Surviving and Planning for Disaster in a #GMO World

On November 5, 2012 By Q.A.S

When there is a huge devastating storm heading towards you and there are only a few days with which you have to work with you have to be conscientious about what you do. Making plans are good and making sure that you follow them through is vastly important. Now what I am about to tell you are ideas and thoughts on how to survive in the aftermath of a storm such as hurricane sandy. There will be debris and people lost without the usual pace of life to move into.

The first thing I suggest is not to panic. Most people out there will be panicking. Stay calm and think for a moment.So long as you have access to a library or the internet then you should be able to find yourself information to help you survive. This is not the first disaster to strike and it will not be the last. The best way you can survive is to plan. Now I know that the first thing people usually do is turn
on the news to get some information. That is fine but know that the news is not always reliable. I personally do not trust the news one bit. But watch and see what they say. My advice is that their precautions should be enforced with your own. If they tell you that a certain area is safe do yourself a favor and consider that it is one step worse than what they are telling you and proceed with that in mind.

First thing you should purchase are hand winding flashlights and a radio. You do not know how long you will be without electricity so being able to power your own appliances is best. So wind up flashlight and radio. Those things will help you when the time comes. Also invest in some of those church candles. Then some emergency candles and some waterproof matches. These can save your life in
the long run. Secondly the things I suggest you buy are some of those emergency blankets. They are very thin and easily stored. They usually do not cost that much but having a store of blankets can save your life as well. If you look try to find waterproof containers and keep these few things stored in there along with some energy bars and a water purifier.
Such as http://eartheasy.com/lifestraw It is not expensive and can be used for up to two years. Rinse and reuse and it can assure you clean water that you need to have to live.

For food I suggest obtaining an appliance thermometer to gauge if your food is in the safe range of temperature to eat. This is anything you have left over in your refrigerator. Now for long term food I recommend oatmeal. Dry in the container. That soaked overnight can provide you with some amazing energy for the morning. Soak it and put some raisin’s on top of it with some sugar for energy that will help you. No it is not warm or cooked it soaks the water and softens it. I have had it and I personally say that when in a perilous situation best to have some food such as this that can help you. Dried raisins and fruit can be stored for months to keep you filled with nutrients and energy. A little goes a long way. Banana chips are fabulous energy and can keep for a long time as well. In case you are wondering about the shelf life of rolled oats, a 2005 study at Brigham Young University found that the quick cooking type rolled oats that had been stored for 28 years in sealed containers were rated “acceptable in an emergency” in taste and quality by 75 % of people involved in a taste test of the rolled oats. Keep food dry cool and in a dark place and in a waterproof container. They will keep for a long time if you just plan ahead.

I think knowing survival tips can save you and your family much trauma and heartache. It is something that you can do together to plan ahead and just in case your lives as a whole. Better safe than sorry is extremely important.

http://shelflifeadvice.com/

If kept in clean cool and dry containers that are

waterproof.
Oatmeal(dry) Quite a few years
Raisins 6 months to a year
Sugar Two years
Banana Chips

http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/bananachipslargecan.aspx#.

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If you have beans such as mung beans they store on the shelf for ages. If you put them in water overnight and then rinse them out and repeat rinsing them once or twice a day they will sprout providing you with quite a lot of energy in the long run and nutrients that your body needs. Peanut butter is always useful for energy for the body and that much needed fat that your body craves but not fat that will go rancid as fast as say dried meats, butter and so on.

Check your house for loose power lines, gas leaks and structural damage. Take pictures of damage for insurance purposes.Peco customers should call the emergency number (800-841-4141) to report power outages. The more reports, the more effectively Peco can dispatch crews to restore service.The company expects that it will take multiple days to restore power to the thousands who will likely lose it. You can access peco.com from a mobile device to report outages and check the system’s status.

I also suggest that you take pictures if you can of the property damages. Try to gather a list of your property that is missing or needs to be replaced. Do your best to contact your insurance company and let them know. IF you know a hurricane is coming and you can get out of the area then do so. IF not then make sure that you gather all personal sentimental items and place them in a watertight container if you can. Try and save all that you can it is hard and I understand that.

* American Red Cross Storm Aid: redcross.org
* Federal Assistance Information: disasterassistance.gov
* FEMA individual Assistance Tools: fema.gov
* Property-Casualty Insurers Association of America: pciaa.net
* FTC Storm Rebuilding/Charity Scam Alert: ftc.gov

Also please please be careful of people coming by your home to provide help in repairing your home. They could be scam artists. Be very wary of signing anything that they offer to you. Make sure that they are a legitimate business. I would suggest the better business bureau. These types of predators like to take advantage of peoples suffering and while I think it is a disgusting thing you must remain aware of it. They can appear very convincing and it is best for you to make sure. To protect your home and family.

http://www.ready.nj.gov/plan/pdf/081412_hurricane_surviveguide.pdf

This can provide some help for you. It is for residents of New Jersey but much of what is contained in here can be used for pretty much any horrible storm or disaster. Best to be prepared.

I hope that this has been of some help to you.

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Agent Orange Dioxin & GMO News September – October

On October 8, 2012 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

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Ruben Rosario: Did this veteran’s service cost him his life?

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Treatment of veterans is totally disgusting

Federal Judge Dismisses Agent Orange Case in NY

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Genetic Roulette The Gamble of Our Lives – Movie

On September 18, 2012 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

A film by Jeffrey M. Smith – Narrated by Lisa Oz

A production of the Institute for Responsible Technology

Are you and your family on the wrong side of a bet?

When the US government ignored repeated warnings by its own scientists and allowed untested genetically modified (GM) crops into our environment and food supply, it was a gamble of unprecedented proportions. The health of all living things and all future generations were put at risk by an infant technology.

After two decades, physicians and scientists have uncovered a grave trend. The same serious health problems found in lab animals, livestock, and pets that have been fed GM foods are now on the rise in the US population. And when people and animals stop eating genetically modified organisms (GMOs), their health improves.

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Top List for Avoiding GMOs

On September 13, 2012 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

Outside of avoiding these companies and doing your best to purchase organic produce that starts with the number 9 on the PLU code sticker (the sticker on fruits and vegetables), here are 10 foods that are the most likely to contain GMOs that you should avoid when not consuming an organic source:

1. Corn

2. Soy

3. Sugar

4. Papayas

5. Aspartame (yes, aspartame is genetically modified! It was revealed back in the 90s in a little-known report).

6. Canola

7. Zucchini

8. Yellow squash

9. Dairy (more than 1/3 of non-organic dairy products in the United States still contain Monsanto’s genetically engineered hormone known as rBGH. Made from cloned DNA, the hormone is currently banned in over 27 countries).

10. Cotton (in the form of cotton oil).

Until proper legislation is enacted to label or ban GMOs entirely, it’s important to protect yourself and your family on a daily basis from the effects of genetically altered food staples.

Top 10 Lies Told by Monsanto on GMO Labeling in California

On August 26, 2012 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

The battle in California over Proposition 37, which would require labeling of foods containing GMOs, is really heating up. Millions of dollars are already being poured into the opposition campaign, with much of it going to former Big Tobacco shills.

Over at GMO HQ, Monsanto recently posted thismissive called “Taking a Stand: Proposition 37, The California Labeling Proposal,” in which the biotech giant explains why it is opposing the measure (to thetune of $4.2 million so far).

Even for a corporation not exactly known for its honesty and transparency, this brief webpage is riddled with deception and outright falsehoods about the initiative and its proponents. Here are the 10 most blatant examples:

1) The law “would require a warning label on food products.”

No warning label would be required. Rather, the words “partially produced with genetic engineering” or ”may be partially produced with genetic engineering” would be required on the back of the package — similar to what is now required for ingredient or allergen labeling. For whole foods, like the sweet corn coming soon to a Walmart near you, a sign would be posted on the store shelf with the words “genetically engineered.” The aim is simply to offer consumers additional information about the contents of the foods they purchase.

2) “The safety and benefits of these ingredients are well established.”

Unfortunately, no long-term studies exist on either the safety or benefits of GMO ingredients, so Monsanto has no basis for making such a claim. Indeed, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not even require safety studies of genetically engineered foods. Meanwhile, someindependent studies raise questions about links to allergies and other potential health risks.

3) “The American Medical Association just re-affirmed that there is no scientific justification for special labeling of bioengineered foods.”

This statement, while true, is taken out of context and is misleading because the AMA also (for the first time) called for mandatory premarket safety studies of GMOs. As Consumers Union recently noted in its reaction to AMA’s announcement, labeling and testing logically go together:

The AMA’s stance on mandatory labeling isn’t consistent with its support for mandatory pre-market safety assessments. If unexpected adverse health effects, such as an allergic reaction, happen as a result of GE, then labeling could perhaps be the only way to determine that the GE process was linked to the adverse health effect.

4) Food companies “have had the choice” to use GM ingredients.

Choice is a good thing; however, consumers have never had the choice. Prop 37 will give consumers a long-overdue choice about eating genetically engineered food.

5) “FDA says that such labeling would be inherently misleading to consumers.”

Of course FDA refuses to require GMO labeling, thanks to Monsanto’s arm-twisting that began more than 20 years ago. Food Democracy Now’s Dave Murphy explained the FDA decision in May upon its 20-year anniversary, which came as a result of a broader deregulatory push by the first Bush administration:

Twenty years ago this week, then-Vice President Dan Quayle announced the FDA’s policy on genetically engineered food as part of his “regulatory relief initiative.” As Quayle explained in the 1992 press conference, the American biotechnology industry would reap huge profits “as long as we resist the spread of unnecessary regulations.”Dan Quayle’s 1992 policy announcement is premised on the notion that genetically engineered crops are “substantially equivalent” to regular crops and thus do not need to be labeled or safety tested. The policy was crafted by Michael Taylor, a former Monsanto lawyer who was hired by the Bush FDA to fill the newly created position of deputy commissioner of policy.

Five years earlier, then-Vice President George H.W. Bush visited a Monsanto lab for a photo op with the developers of Roundup Ready crops. According to a video report of the meeting, when Monsanto executives worried about the approval process for their new crops, Bush laughed and told them, “Call me. We’re in the dereg businesses. Maybe we can help.”

Call they did. It’s typical for corporations to get their policy agenda approved through back-channel lobbying and revolving door appointments and then point to the magical policy outcome as evidence of scientific decision-making.

Continue Reading Lies 6-10 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michele-simon/top-10-lies-told-by-monsa_b_1819731.html

MONSANTO FUNDS GIVEN AGAINST CALIFORNIA PROP 37: COALITION AGAINST THE DECEPTIVE FOOD LABELING SCHEME, SPONSORED BY FARMERS AND FOOD PRODUCERS

On August 15, 2012 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

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$178,252.37	INITIAL	8/13/2012	8/14/2012	1685113-IDT110

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
KELLOGG COMPANY			BATTLE CREEK	MI / 49016
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$516,952.06	INITIAL	8/13/2012	8/14/2012	1685113-IDT109

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
INVENTURE FOODS, INC.			PHOENIX	AZ / 85054
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$10,846.39	INITIAL	8/13/2012	8/14/2012	1685113-IDT108

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
HOUSE-AUTRY MILLS, INC.			FOUR OAKS	NC / 27524
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$1,077.27	INITIAL	8/13/2012	8/14/2012	1685113-IDT107

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION			AUSTIN	MN / 55912
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$260,243.61	INITIAL	8/13/2012	8/14/2012	1685113-IDT106

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
HERSHEY COMPANY			HERSHEY	PA / 17033
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$283,753.06	INITIAL	8/13/2012	8/14/2012	1685113-IDT105

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
DEAN FOODS COMPANY			DALLAS	TX / 75204
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$182,381.90	INITIAL	8/13/2012	8/14/2012	1685113-IDT104

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
CONAGRA FOODS			OMAHA	NE / 68102
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$520,101.54	INITIAL	8/13/2012	8/14/2012	1685113-IDT103

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
COCA-COLA NORTH AMERICA			ATLANTA	GA / 30313
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$603,191.45	INITIAL	8/13/2012	8/14/2012	1685113-IDT102

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
CARGILL, INC.			WAYZATA	MN / 55391
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$143,575.49	INITIAL	8/13/2012	8/14/2012	1685113-IDT101

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
SUNNY DELIGHT BEVERAGES COMPANY			CINCINNATI	OH / 45242
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$93,795.90	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT99
$93,795.90	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT99

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
SOLAE, LLC			SAINT LOUIS	MO / 63110
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$59,214.59	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT98
$59,214.59	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT98

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
SARA LEE CORPORATION			DOWNERS GROVE	IL / 60515
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$89,493.16	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT96
$89,493.16	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT96

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
RICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION			BUFFALO	NY / 14213
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$58,070.74	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT94
$58,070.74	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT94

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
PINNACLE FOODS GROUP LLC			PARSIPPANY	NJ / 07054
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$69,307.71	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT92
$69,307.71	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT92

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
PEPSICO, INC.			PURCHASE	NY / 10577
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$500,000.00	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT91
$500,000.00	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT91

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.			LAKEVILLE-MIDDLEBORO	MA / 02349
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$94,311.63	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT90
$94,311.63	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT90

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
NESTLE USA, INC.			GLENDALE	CA / 91203
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$500,000.00	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT89
$500,000.00	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT89

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
MORTON SALT			CHICAGO	IL / 60606
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$5,396.06	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT88
$5,396.06	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT88

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INC.			SPARKS	MD / 21152
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$64,645.53	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT87
$64,645.53	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT87

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
MCCAIN FOODS USA, INC.			LISLE	IL / 60532
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$50,592.94	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT86
$50,592.94	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT86

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
MARS FOOD NORTH AMERICA			RANCHO DOMINGUEZ	CA / 90220
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$100,242.69	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT85
$100,242.69	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT85

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
LAND O’LAKES, INC.			ARDEN HILLS	MN / 55126
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$21,513.78	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT84
$21,513.78	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT84

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
KNOUSE FOODS COOPERATIVE, INC.			PEACH GLEN	PA / 17375
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$131,409.01	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT83
$131,409.01	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT83

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
KELLOGG COMPANY			BATTLE CREEK	MI / 49016
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$82,299.57	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT82
$82,299.57	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT82

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
THE J.M. SMUCKER COMPANY			ORRVILLE	OH / 44667
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$367,604.16	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT81
$367,604.16	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT81

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION			AUSTIN	MN / 55912
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$94,380.71	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT77
$94,380.71	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT77

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
HERSHEY COMPANY			HERSHEY	PA / 17033
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$102,906.72	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT76
$102,906.72	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT76

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
HERO NORTH AMERICA			AMSTERDAM	NY / 12010
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$21,044.96	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT75
$21,044.96	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT75

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.			NEW YORK	NY / 10017
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$11,121.53	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT74
$11,121.53	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT74

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
GENERAL MILLS, INC.			GOLDEN VALLEY	MN / 55426
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$500,000.00	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT73
$500,000.00	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT73

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
DOLE PACKAGED FOODS COMPANY			WESTLAKE VILLAGE	CA / 91362
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$45,580.05	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT72
$45,580.05	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT72

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY			SAN FRANCISCO	CA / 94111
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$175,574.33	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT71
$175,574.33	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT71

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
DEAN FOODS COMPANY			DALLAS	TX / 75204
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$66,143.16	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT70
$66,143.16	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT70

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
CONAGRA FOODS			OMAHA	NE / 68102
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$500,000.00	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT69
$500,000.00	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT69

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
COCA-COLA NORTH AMERICA			ATLANTA	GA / 30313
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$500,000.00	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT68
$500,000.00	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT68

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
CARGILL, INC.			WAYZATA	MN / 55391
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$52,069.51	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT67
$52,069.51	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT67

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY			CAMDEN	NJ / 08103
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$65,114.35	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT66
$65,114.35	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT66

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
C. H. GUENTHER & SON, INC.			SAN ANTONIO	TX / 78291
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$23,401.61	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT65
$23,401.61	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT65

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
BUMBLE BEE FOODS, LLC			SAN DIEGO	CA / 92123
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$98,073.62	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT64
$98,073.62	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT64

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
BIMBO BAKERIES USA			HORSHAM	PA / 19044
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$320,516.72	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT63
$320,516.72	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT63

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
BAYER CROPSCIENCE			RESEARCH TRIANGLE PA	NC / 27709
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$1,064,000.00	AMENDMENT #1	7/31/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT62
$1,064,000.00	INITIAL	7/31/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT62

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
SYNGENTA CORPORATION			WASHINGTON	DC / 20006
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$498,000.00	AMENDMENT #1	7/31/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT61
$498,000.00	INITIAL	7/31/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT61

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO.			WASHINGTON	DC / 20004
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$2,441,500.00	AMENDMENT #1	7/31/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT60
$2,441,500.00	INITIAL	7/31/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT60

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
BASF PLANT SCIENCE			RESEARCH TRIANGLE PA	NC / 27709
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$996,500.00	AMENDMENT #1	7/31/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT59
$996,500.00	INITIAL	7/31/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT59

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY			CHICAGO	IL / 60610
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$116,865.91	AMENDMENT #1	8/3/2012	8/14/2012	1684393-IDT100
$116,865.91	INITIAL	8/3/2012	8/10/2012	1684393-IDT100

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
SARA LEE CORPORATION			DOWNERS GROVE	IL / 60515
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$7,340.06	AMENDMENT #1	7/27/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT55
$7,340.06	INITIAL	7/27/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT55

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
PINNACLE FOODS GROUP LLC			PARSIPPANY	NJ / 07054
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$5,684.49	AMENDMENT #1	7/27/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT51
$5,684.49	INITIAL	7/27/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT51

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
PEPSICO, INC.			PURCHASE	NY / 10577
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$35,494.94	AMENDMENT #1	7/27/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT50
$35,494.94	INITIAL	7/27/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT50

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.			LAKEVILLE-MIDDLEBORO	MA / 02349
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$7,735.26	AMENDMENT #1	7/27/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT49
$7,735.26	INITIAL	7/27/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT49

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
NESTLE USA, INC.			GLENDALE	CA / 91203
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$24,184.46	AMENDMENT #1	7/27/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT48
$24,184.46	INITIAL	7/27/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT48

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INC.			SPARKS	MD / 21152
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$5,302.10	AMENDMENT #1	7/27/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT46
$5,302.10	INITIAL	7/27/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT46

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
KELLOGG COMPANY			BATTLE CREEK	MI / 49016
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$13,080.78	AMENDMENT #1	7/27/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT42
$13,080.78	INITIAL	7/27/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT42

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
THE J.M. SMUCKER COMPANY			ORRVILLE	OH / 44667
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$8,024.26	AMENDMENT #1	7/27/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT41
$8,024.26	INITIAL	7/27/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT41

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION			AUSTIN	MN / 55912
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$7,740.93	AMENDMENT #1	7/27/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT37
$7,740.93	INITIAL	7/27/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT37

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
HERSHEY COMPANY			HERSHEY	PA / 17033
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$8,440.22	AMENDMENT #1	7/27/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT36
$8,440.22	INITIAL	7/27/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT36

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
GENERAL MILLS, INC.			GOLDEN VALLEY	MN / 55426
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$19,401.17	AMENDMENT #1	7/27/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT32
$19,401.17	INITIAL	7/27/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT32

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY			SAN FRANCISCO	CA / 94111
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$14,400.28	AMENDMENT #1	7/27/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT31
$14,400.28	INITIAL	7/27/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT31

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
DEAN FOODS COMPANY			DALLAS	TX / 75204
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$5,424.94	AMENDMENT #1	7/27/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT30
$5,424.94	INITIAL	7/27/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT30

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
CONAGRA FOODS			OMAHA	NE / 68102
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$22,267.32	AMENDMENT #1	7/27/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT29
$22,267.32	INITIAL	7/27/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT29

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
COCA-COLA NORTH AMERICA			ATLANTA	GA / 30313
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$24,081.05	AMENDMENT #1	7/27/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT28
$24,081.05	INITIAL	7/27/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT28

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY			CAMDEN	NJ / 08103
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$5,340.56	AMENDMENT #1	7/27/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT26
$5,340.56	INITIAL	7/27/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT26

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
BIMBO BAKERIES USA			HORSHAM	PA / 19044
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$6,996.41	AMENDMENT #1	7/27/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT24
$6,996.41	INITIAL	7/27/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT24

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
SYNGENTA CORPORATION			WASHINGTON	DC / 20006
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$63,300.00	AMENDMENT #1	7/26/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT23
$63,300.00	INITIAL	7/26/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT23

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO.			WASHINGTON	DC / 20004
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$310,100.00	AMENDMENT #1	7/26/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT22
$310,100.00	INITIAL	7/26/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT22

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
BASF PLANT SCIENCE			RESEARCH TRIANGLE PA	NC / 27709
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$126,600.00	AMENDMENT #1	7/26/2012	8/14/2012	1679860-IDT21
$126,600.00	INITIAL	7/26/2012	7/31/2012	1679860-IDT21

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION			WASHINGTON	DC / 20024
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$250,000.00	AMENDMENT #1	7/9/2012	7/27/2012	1670810-INC40

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
COUNCIL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY INFORMATION			WASHINGTON	DC / 20024
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$250,000.00	INITIAL	7/9/2012	7/11/2012	1670810-INC34

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION			AUSTIN	MN / 55912
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$11,934.75	AMENDMENT #1	6/26/2012	7/27/2012	1670810-IDT9
$11,934.75	INITIAL	6/26/2012	7/11/2012	1670810-IDT9

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
CONAGRA FOODS			OMAHA	NE / 68102
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$34,331.14	AMENDMENT #1	6/26/2012	7/27/2012	1670810-IDT6
$34,331.14	INITIAL	6/26/2012	7/11/2012	1670810-IDT6

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
THE J.M. SMUCKER COMPANY			ORRVILLE	OH / 44667
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$12,371.58	AMENDMENT #1	6/26/2012	7/27/2012	1670810-IDT4
$12,371.58	INITIAL	6/26/2012	7/11/2012	1670810-IDT4

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
RICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION			BUFFALO	NY / 14213
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$7,343.23	AMENDMENT #1	6/26/2012	7/27/2012	1670810-IDT20
$7,343.23	INITIAL	6/26/2012	7/11/2012	1670810-IDT20

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
KELLOGG COMPANY			BATTLE CREEK	MI / 49016
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$20,167.59	AMENDMENT #1	6/26/2012	7/27/2012	1670810-IDT19
$20,167.59	INITIAL	6/26/2012	7/11/2012	1670810-IDT19

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
CARGILL, INC.			WAYZATA	MN / 55391
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$6,584.36	AMENDMENT #1	6/26/2012	7/27/2012	1670810-IDT16
$6,584.36	INITIAL	6/26/2012	7/11/2012	1670810-IDT16

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
NESTLE USA, INC.			GLENDALE	CA / 91203
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$37,286.93	AMENDMENT #1	6/26/2012	7/27/2012	1670810-IDT15
$37,286.93	INITIAL	6/26/2012	7/11/2012	1670810-IDT15

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
COCA-COLA NORTH AMERICA			ATLANTA	GA / 30313
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$37,127.50	AMENDMENT #1	6/26/2012	7/27/2012	1670810-IDT13
$37,127.50	INITIAL	6/26/2012	7/11/2012	1670810-IDT13

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
BIMBO BAKERIES USA			HORSHAM	PA / 19044
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$10,786.87	AMENDMENT #1	6/26/2012	7/27/2012	1670810-IDT10
$10,786.87	INITIAL	6/26/2012	7/11/2012	1670810-IDT10

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
PEPSICO, INC.			PURCHASE	NY / 10577
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$54,725.12	AMENDMENT #1	6/26/2012	7/27/2012	1670810-IDT1
$54,725.12	INITIAL	6/26/2012	7/11/2012	1670810-IDT1

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION			WASHINGTON	DC / 20005
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$125,000.00	INITIAL	4/9/2012	4/20/2012	1653215-INC14

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION			WASHINGTON	DC / 20005
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$250,000.00	INITIAL	2/24/2012	3/2/2012	1643621-INC6

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
COUNCIL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY INFORMATION			WASHINGTON	DC / 20024
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$375,000.00	INITIAL	2/21/2012	3/2/2012	1643621-INC1

Monsanto PR Campaign on College Campus Gets Served – Video

On August 8, 2012 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

Bob Tuskin reports live from the University of Florida Campus as activists present Monsanto with a lawsuit from ‘We the People.’

Monsanto burst onto the scene in 1901 with the artificial sweetener saccharin, which it sold to Coca-Cola and canned food companies as a sugar replacement.

But as early as 1907, the health effects of the sweetener were being questioned by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientists.

“Everyone who ate that sweet [canned] corn was deceived,” said Harvey Wiley, the first commissioner of the FDA. “He thought he was eating sugar, when in point of fact he was eating a coal tar product totally devoid of food value and extremely injurious to health.”

After enjoying decades of unfettered consumption, the sweetener was slapped with a warning label in the ’70s when it was found to cause cancer in lab rats.

A subsequent three-decade effort by Monsanto to reverse the decision finally won out in 2001.

2) Polystyrene

By the ’40s, Monsanto had moved on to oil-based plastics, including polystyrene foam (also known as styrofoam).

As most of us are aware by now, polystyrene foam is an environmental disaster. Not only is there nothing out there that biodegrades it, it breaks off into tiny pieces that choke animals, harm marine life, and release cancer-causing benzene into the environment for a thousand years or more.

“Polystyrene foam products rely on nonrenewable sources for production, are nearly indestructible and leave a legacy of pollution on our urban and natural environments,” said San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin in 2007. “If McDonald’s could see the light and phase out polystyrene foam more than a decade ago, it’s about time San Francisco got with the program.”

3) Agent Orange

Described by Yale biologist Arthur Galston as “perhaps the most toxic molecule ever synthesized by man“

First developed as an herbicide and defoliant, Agent Orange was used infamously as a military weapon by the U.S. Army during Vietnam to remove the dense foliage of the jungle canopy.

In the process, they dumped over 12 million gallons of the potent chemical cocktail—described by Yale biologist Arthur Galston as “perhaps the most toxic molecule ever synthesized by man”—over towns, farms, and water supplies during a nine-year period.

“When [military scientists] initiated the herbicide program in the 1960s, we were aware of the potential for damage due to dioxin contamination in the herbicide. . .,” said Dr. James R. Clary, a former government scientist with the Chemical Weapons Branch. ”However, because the material was to be used on the ‘enemy,’ none of us were overly concerned.”

According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that lack of concern led to 4.8 million exposures to the herbicide, along with 400,000 deaths and disfigurements and 500,000 babies born with birth defects.

4) Bovine Growth Hormone

Did you know the United States is the only developed nation that permits the sale of milk from cows given artificial growth hormones?

With the lone exception of Brazil, the rest of the developed world—including all 27 countries of the European Union, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia—has banned growth hormone use in milk destined for human consumption.

“The milk we drink today is quite unlike the milk our ancestors were drinking without apparent harm for 2,000 years,” said Harvard scientist Ganmaa Davaasambuu. “The milk we drink today may not be nature’s perfect food.”

According to the Center for Food Safety, thanks to increased consumer demand (and certain movies), approximately 60 percent of milk in the U.S. is rBST-free today.

5) Genetically-Modified Seeds

Not content to do mere incidental damage to the environment, Monsanto decided to get to the root of the matter in the ’80s: seeds.

But with much fuss being made over the company’s aggressive scare tacticsand rampant mass-patenting, the biotech giant has, true to form, fought back with a multimillion-dollar marketing and advertising campaign featuring smiling children and making outlandish claims that “biotech foods could help end world hunger.”

“Unless I’m missing something,” wrote Michael Pollan in The New York Times Magazine, “the aim of this audacious new advertising campaign is to impale people like me—well-off first-worlders dubious about genetically engineered food—on the horns of a moral dilemma…If we don’t get over our queasiness about eating genetically modified food, kids in the Third World will go blind.”

“By peddling suicide seeds, the biotechnology multinationals will lock the world’s poorest farmers into a new form of genetic serfdom,” says Emma Must of the World Development Movement. “Currently 80 percent of crops in developing countries are grown using farm-saved seed.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bejqo5IDZ7c&feature=player_embedded

Causes of Water Pollution – GMO Farming, Glyphosate Big Contributors

On June 28, 2012 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

Causes of Water Pollution – GMO Farming, Glyphosate Big Contributors.

Natural News

One groundbreaking study found that glyphosate, the active ingredient residing in the ever-so-popular Roundup product from Monsanto, is making its way into groundwater across the nation through widespread contamination of aquifers, wells, and springs. The explosive study that confirmed the contamination effect of Monsanto’s Roundup was published in the journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry in late 2011, where researchers discovered that 41% of the 140 groundwater samples taken from Catalonia Spain were actually above the limit of quantification.

The findings indicate that glyphosate actually doesn’t break down rapidly in the environment, and is continuously building up in concerning quantities. With glyphosate growing among the causes of water pollution, it is becoming more and more apparent that the chemical is polluting groundwater in alarming quantities, enough to pose a significant threat to the purity of drinking water wherever it is used.

How prevalent is this issue, really? One study conducted by a German university found very high concentrations of glyphosate in all urine samples tested. The amount of the chemical found in the urine was quite alarming, with each sample containing concentrations of 5 to 20-fold the limit established for drinking water. Unfortunately, the study doesn’t clearly say how many samples were tested for, and needs to be translated using one of the many translators available.

In addition, the issue of water contamination is only part of the pollution problem. Other findings, published in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, came across glyphosate in 60-100% of all air and rain samples tested for. This shows that glyphosate is not only among causes of water pollution, but also resides in the air due to massive overuse.

Vietnam Vets Pushing for More Research on “Agent Orange Corn”

On June 28, 2012 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

Moms and food activists have been fighting genetically modified foods for years. Now, they have a new ally.

Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) sent a letter to President Obama just before Memorial Day asking for his assistance in delaying approval of a new breed of corn that’s genetically modified to resist heavy applications of the herbicide 2,4-D, one of the two active ingredients in the infamous Vietnam-era defoliant Agent Orange.

The corn and 2,4-D are both being manufactured by Dow Agro Science, which has named its new corn “Enlist,” a name the veterans said in the letter was “a slap at all Vietnam veterans.” Multinational seed company Monsanto also manufactures 2,4-D.

Most of the health problems caused by Agent Orange during the Vietnam War have been attributed to unintended dioxin contamination of the two active ingredients, 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T. Dioxin builds up in the fatty tissue of humans and animals and can cause damage for years after exposure. The government continues to add to the known health conditions related to Agent Orange’s dioxin poisoning, but currently they include diabetes, neuropathy, Parkinson’s disease, heart disease, liver dysfunction, numerous cancers, and birth defects in the children of exposed soldiers and Vietnam residents. Studies in recent years have found that 2,4-D is just as likely to be contaminated with dioxin when used alone as it was when used in combination with 2,4,5-T.

Adding to that danger, 2,4-D itself has been linked to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, cell damage, hormonal disruption, and reproductive problems, according to the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), which petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) earlier this year in an effort to ban the substance permanently. The EPA denied the NRDC’s petition.

“Although there is a lot that science has learned about the effects of dioxin on the human organism, there is still a lot that science has yet to learn,” writes VVA. “Now, Dow and Monsanto wish to release genetically modified corn that has increased resistance to 2,4-D. What will this mean to Vietnam vets, who have already been exposed to this chemical through our military service? To our progeny?”

The group’s letter went on to state that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) conclusion that 2,4-D–resistant corn would have no “significant” impact on the environment was inaccurate and “raises more questions than it answers.” The vets are asking President Obama to push for more research by independent scientists, not those affiliated with Dow Agro Sciences.

“We are not calling for a complete ban of this new product at this time,” the group writes. “We are simply not willing to be lied to or withheld information from again. Vietnam veterans were lied to about our exposure to chemicals which claimed many lives long after our troops left Southeast Asia.”

The VVA isn’t alone in its attempts to get Obama’s attention. Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance, another group made up of veterans’ children who were impacted by dioxin poisoning and Agent Orange, is endorsing the California ballot initiative that would require labeling of genetically modified ingredients. That initiative will be voted on in the November 2012 election.

The USDA has closed the public comment period on Dow’s 2,4-D–resistant corn, but the nonprofit Center for Food Safety continues to pressure the EPA to ban 2,4-D altogether. Take a minute to sign the center’s petition and to protect your family from the potential for more toxic pesticide exposure.

Originally Posted On Infinitymuscle.com

http://www.infinitymuscle.com/showthread.php?15187-Vietnam-Vets-Pushing-for-More-Research-on-quot-Agent-Orange-Corn-quot

The AMA’s Strange Position on GM Foods: Test but Don’t Label

On June 26, 2012 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

Follow Up On AMA’s Position Regarding The labeling Of GMO

This post originally appeared on Food Politics, an Atlantic partner site.

The AMA says that policies on GM foods:

should continue to be science-based and guided by the characteristics of the plant or animal, its intended use, and the environment into which it is to be introduced, not by the method used to produce it, in order to facilitate comprehensive, efficient regulatory review.

And it says,

there is no scientific justification for special labeling of bioengineered foods, as a class, and that voluntary labeling is without value unless it is accompanied by focused consumer education.

Mestel quotes a statement e-mailed to her from AMA board member Dr. Patrice Harris:

The science-based labeling policies of the FDA do not support special product labeling without evidence of material differences between bioengineered foods and their traditional counterparts. The AMA adopted policy supporting this science-based approach, recognizing that there currently is no evidence that there are material differences or safety concerns in available bioengineered foods.

Read The Full Artcile

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/06/the-amas-strange-position-on-gm-foods-test-but-dont-label/258968/

Seeds of Freedom – GMO Film

On June 13, 2012 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

Seeds of Freedom charts the story of seed from its roots at the heart of traditional, diversity-rich farming systems across the world, to being transformed into a powerful commodity, used to monopolise the global food system.

The film highlights the extent to which the industrial agricultural system, and genetically modified (GM) seeds in particular, has impacted on the enormous agro-biodiversity evolved by farmers and communities around the world, since the beginning of agriculture. Seeds of Freedom seeks to challenge the mantra, promoted by the pro-GM lobby, that large-scale, industrial agriculture is the only means by which we can feed the world. In tracking the story of seed it becomes clear how the corporate agenda has driven the take over of seed in order to make vast profit and control of the global food system.

Through interviews with leading international experts such as Dr Vandana Shiva and Henk Hobbelink, and through the voices of a number of African farmers, the film highlights how the loss of indigenous seed goes hand in hand with loss of biodiversity and related knowledge; the loss of cultural traditions and practices; the loss of livelihoods; and the loss of food sovereignty. The pressure from agribusiness interests is growing and threatens to replace the diverse, nutritional, locally adapted and resilient seed crops which have been bred by small-scale farmers for millenia, by monocultures of GM seed.

The story of seed has become one of loss, control, dependence and debt. It’s been written by those who want to make vast profit from our food system, no matter what the true cost. It’s time to change the story.

Watch The Film Now

http://seedsoffreedom.info/2012/05/01/seeds-of-freedom-watch-the-film/

For more information about the film, Visit the Seeds of Freedom Websitehttp://seedsoffreedom.info/

Support for Mandatory Labeling of GMO Foods – #PROP37

On June 12, 2012 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance is proud to endorse The Right To Know Campaign At LABELGMOS.ORG.

Please show your support too!!! http://www.labelgmos.org/endorsements?recruiter_id=6287

LabelGMOs is now gathering endorsements for the November 2012 election so we can:

A. Have the organizations post on our website to show community support.

B.Understand the demographics (veterans rights groups, churches) for the media campaign coming up. And,

C. Allow supporters to align themselves with like minded businesses/groups for mutual support. Our money is tight so we want to really get the message to people who care what goes into their bodies. We met with Pamm Larry, who started the initiative, and she outlined for us what the next few months will take. We have excellent campaign managers, lawyers, and marketing support, but it is people who vote. People who have a decision to make will look toward groups they respect and identify with.

Required labeling of GMO’s is extremely important for the health of humans, animals, and the environment. Genetically modified organisms were quietly put into the food supply without warning, and without testing, over fifteen years ago. The consequences are starting to reveal themselves: skyrocketing allergies, auto immune illnesses, irritable bowels, acid reflux, degenerative diseases… the list goes on and on. The inserted genes for pesticides, such as Bt toxin in corn, are found in the umbilical cord-blood of newborn babies. The genes inserted into these altered “foods” come from viruses, soil bacteria, across all species barriers. The EPA does not regulate Bt corn as a pesticide because the pesticide is in every cell of the pant we eat: not just sprayed on the outside.

I am requesting that you post this link with your group, and share it with other groups or organizations, we believe people should have the option to eat it or not as they see fit. Due to a lack of labeling, there is no informed consent and no way to avoid the risks of genetically engineered foods without buying costly organic foods. Many people are completely unaware that there has been a change to food, so don’t know to make a choice. This is truely the best kept secret of the century. Monsanto, Bayer and Syngenta, are again doing what they have a long history of; chemically damaging living things to create a profit. Monsanto alone has 2,4-D (an ingredient in Agent Orange), DDT and PCB’s as part of its track record.

Organic Farmer Nervous About GMO Crop Contamination – News Video

On June 6, 2012 By Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

Organic Farmer Nervous About GMOs

From NBC 5 News

http://www.kobi5.com/component/zoo/item/organic-farmer-nervous-about-gmos.html

As I sat and prepared this article for posting, I began thinking to myself, this is just another typical story in the “Food Fight Of Our Lives”. I hit the publish button, copied the link, and clicked on Facebook to share, but I stopped.

I realized that this article was not in fact just another typical story, but something much bigger. This article was originally published as a MAIN STREAM MEDIA NEWS STORY.

And that my friends just made a typical day into something EXTRAORDINARY.

Truth Teller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6h7oJRaPW3A

Organic farmer Steven Gidley said he loves his job.

“It is one of the best lives you could have,” said Gidley.

However, he’s worried his organic crops could be contaminated and destroyed by pollen carried by air from genetically modified plants also known as GMOs.

“You absolutely couldn’t sell your seed as organic,” began Gidley.

“I would go from having the potential of a couple thousand dollars in seed to zero,” he continued.

He said he suspects his plants are contaminated because just last week a man with Syngenta — a GMO seed manufacturer approached him.

“If there was no chance of cross contamination I would see no reason why Syngenta would be coming to my place,” said Gidley.

He continued, “He was asking if I would sell it to him and I said I could, but ethically not in this lifetime”

NBC 5 contacted a spokesman from Syngenta, he said the company often checks areas around GMO farms to try and lessen the possibility of cross-contamination.

“If this farmer’s crop was say within the prescribed distance which I believe is four miles, then it’s customary [...] in some cases what we will do is offer to buy a crop from a farmer,” said Paul Minehart, Head of Corporate Communications in North America for Syngenta.

He said the company has been growing genetically modified plants in Jackson County since the 1970s.

“Our goal is to make sure our crops remain pure to also make sure anyone elses crop remains pure [...] so we’re happy to be there, we intende to be there for a long time,” said Minehart.

Meantime, organic farmer Gidley says he’ll continue to refuse any offers.

Gidley said he believes it’s Syngenta’s responsibility to move their crops.

Minehart from Syngenta said they’ve contacted the USDA to make sure all guidelines are being met.