Is the Bayer-Monsanto Merger Bad News for mankind?
Posted by freedomforall 5 years, 11 months ago to Business
Two new studies from Europe show that the number of birds in agricultural areas of France has crashed by a third in just 15 years, with some species being almost eradicated. The collapse in the bird population mirrors the discovery last October that more than three quarters of all flying insects in Germany have vanished in just three decades. Insects are the staple food source of birds, the pollinators of fruits and the aerators of the soil.
The chief suspect in this mass extinction is the aggressive use of neonicotinoid pesticides, particularly imidacloprid and clothianidin, both made by the Germany-based chemical giant Bayer. These pesticides, along with toxic glyphosate herbicides such as Roundup, have delivered a one-two punch to monarch butterflies, honeybees and birds. But rather than banning these toxic chemicals, on March 21 the EU approved the $66 billion merger of Bayer and Monsanto, the U.S. agribusiness giant that produces Roundup and the genetically modified (GMO) seeds that have reduced seed diversity globally. The merger will make the Bayer-Monsanto conglomerate the largest seed and pesticide company in the world, giving it enormous power to control farm practices, putting private profits over the public interest.
The chief suspect in this mass extinction is the aggressive use of neonicotinoid pesticides, particularly imidacloprid and clothianidin, both made by the Germany-based chemical giant Bayer. These pesticides, along with toxic glyphosate herbicides such as Roundup, have delivered a one-two punch to monarch butterflies, honeybees and birds. But rather than banning these toxic chemicals, on March 21 the EU approved the $66 billion merger of Bayer and Monsanto, the U.S. agribusiness giant that produces Roundup and the genetically modified (GMO) seeds that have reduced seed diversity globally. The merger will make the Bayer-Monsanto conglomerate the largest seed and pesticide company in the world, giving it enormous power to control farm practices, putting private profits over the public interest.
They assume you are already aware of them.
Sourcing products from monopolies is no good
unless highly regulated and that always brings corruption with it.
Also, the older people get the more likely health issues will crop up.
To answer the original question. Yes. If there is such a merger it's bad for mankind. I won't get into why. I've spent so much time doing research, reading. The knowledge is mine. Why upset people with it? People don't want to know.
People's beliefs do not matter. The science shows human activities are causing climate change and probably in ways that will be costly. The science does not show risks to GMO and pesticides designed for use with them. In the political world, the same who accept the reality of anthropgenic global warming reject the science of GMOs. They also often accept unscientific alternative medicine. They often reject the science of how price floors/ceilings inevitably create surplus supply/demand and the problems that come with them.. People respond politically to what they want to be true. Their wishes have no effect on reality.
Maybe that's the key...make them take their own medicine...