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Organic Consumers Association's Ronnie Cummings discusses corporate greed and organic milk Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Is this just corporate greed? Ronnie: This is, and the sad thing is, how easy it would be to help 5,000 or 10,000 conventional family farmers make the transition in their dairies to organic. It would not be that hard. It would not cost that much money, and this way we could still have organic standards that were real, animals treated humanely and not damage the environment. Of course, we have not even mentioned that one of the reasons you want organic animals to be outdoors and pastured is because the quality of the meat and milk is much higher if the animals are raised naturally on grass.

Influenza virus samples, vaccine patents and corporate lies Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Thus, the big push to get Indonesia to give up its H5N1 samples is nothing more complicated than good old fashioned corporate greed all dressed up to look like public safety. It's all about getting a country to give away its virus samples so that western corporations can exploit them for increased profits. Indonesia, of course, isn't a stupid nation. Its leaders have figured out that there's no benefit in giving up these H5N1 bird flu influenza samples.

Too Profitable to Cure Brent Hoadley, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

In the next few pages I would like to show you what these godfathers of corporate greed are really doing to society. First, you must recognize that corporations are nothing more than a conglomerate of people trying to amass wealth. From the CEO, President, Board of Directors, and shareholders down the corporate ladder to researchers, corporate pharmacists, PR coordinators, and sales representatives, all play some role in the demise of patients.

Another example of corporate greed supported by "reliable" research, involves our children. Today's children are viewed as a life-long money stream for the pharmaceuticals, particularly if their parents can be convinced that they need the current "drug of choice" and that the drug is FDA-approved. (The increased use of psychotropic drugs, particularly antidepressants, provides a case in point.) Why hasn't the doctor taking care of your child questioned the use of these drugs?

Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health J. Douglas Bremner See book keywords and concepts

And sometimes that corporate greed led to a lot of harm. The more I looked at different drugs, the more I worried about whether the appropriate balance of safety and efficacy was being achieved. I also worried about whether too many people were taking these drugs and whether people for whom there was no hope of benefit were being harmed by drugs. I began to question assumptions that all doctors make. Were medications for cholesterol really that helpful for people without heart disease? Or for women? Should you really take a pill for something like diabetes, which is caused by eating too much?

Too Profitable to Cure Brent Hoadley, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

As a Type 1 diabetic, I was forced into a position of compromising my health to satisfy Lilly's corporate greed. When rDNA human insulin was developed, my (former) doctor told me it was the best protocol and recommended that I switch. In my pursuit of a Ph.D., I had sat in many of the same classrooms as my doctor, but because he was an M.D., I assumed he had "insider information," that he knew what was best for me. WRONG! My fellow alumni nearly killed me! The switch to human insulin was disastrous.

In the race for the almighty dollar, has corporate greed supplanted the needs of humanity? History will record how badly the medical community has treated victims of diabetes and other chronic diseases in the 19th and 20th centuries. The 21st century must reflect change. Human rights and patients' rights must be partnered with medical compassion and freedom of choice. You, the juror —even if you do not have a chronic disease — will get your turn to fill the corporate coffers.

Whether you consider diabetes, or some other chronic disease, recognize that the Godfathers of corporate greed would rather enslave the patient base than free them by finding a cure. Dara Moyers, in the October 2003 issue of Diabetes, covered various aspects of curing a profitable disease like diabetes. After reading her article, I could not discern whether she was (1) defending the pharmaceutical industry; (2) massaging the diabetic community, making them aware of the many great "management" advances; or (3) hyping the impending diabetes "epidemic.

Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs Melody Petersen See book keywords and concepts

In internal documents, the executives had first referred to this initiative as 0$B but later shied away from using that acronym, fearing it could be taken as a sign of corporate greed. Dr. Peter Ringrose, the scientist in charge of the company's laboratories, said that OSB meant that Bristol-Myers would put its research money behind the scientific projects that had the greatest potential to reap massive sales.

Review: The Future of Food, a must-see documentary that exposes the biotech threat to life on our planet Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The patenting of the first genetically engineered microbe opened the floodgates to corporate greed, and it wasn't long before Big Ag firms began patenting every seed they could get their hands on (a process called "biopiracy"), stealing the inventions of nature and declaring them to be their own. Today, an astonishing 20 percent of the human genome is now owned by corporations. The simple act of reproducing by having children is now a violation of U.S. patent law.

Interview: Organic Consumers Association's Ronnie Cummins tells the truth about organic milk that isn't Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Is this just corporate greed? Ronnie: This is, and the sad thing is, how easy it would be to help 5,000 or 10,000 conventional family farmers make the transition in their dairies to organic. It would not be that hard. It would not cost that much money, and this way we could still have organic standards that were real, animals treated humanely and not damage the environment. Of course, we have not even mentioned that one of the reasons you want organic animals to be outdoors and pastured is because the quality of the meat and milk is much higher if the animals are raised naturally on grass.

Eli Lilly knew Prozac had 1200% higher suicide rate than other antidepressants Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Today, Big Pharma looks a whole lot like Big Tobacco: corporate greed, massive cover-ups, and hundreds of thousands of people dying each year from the use of their products. One more thing: there are still tens of thousands of brainwashed physicians willing to prescribe all these dangerous drugs to you. And if the brainwashing wasn't enough, the kickbacks certainly are. Recommended reading: "On the Take" by Jerome Kassirer, M.D. If you want to know the truth about how drug companies literally bribe doctors into peddling their drugs, read this book.

What we are witnessing today is the beginning of the end of an era: the days of the Big Pharma con in which direct-to-consumer advertising pushed a drug industry to unprecedented levels of corporate greed. Of course, Eli Lilly denies everything. It's the same story talking to Merck. All these companies claim to be actually protecting the public health and working for the common good. Yet they continue to sell drugs with questionable safety records that are only now coming to light. And in none of these cases did these companies produce these documents on their own.

Merck now under criminal investigation by the Justice Department for Vioxx scandal Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

This should be common sense, but it has been long forgotten in the United States during the rush for corporate greed and shareholder profits. But people like New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer have not forgotten these principles. And it is in fact Mr. Spitzer who is partly involved in the investigations against Merck. This is a man not to be taken lightly. He is, in my opinion, a true hero of law enforcement and he may yet take on Merck and other pharmaceutical giants to prove that even corporate kings cannot exploit the U.S.

Secret recipe revealed for next wave of pharmaceuticals (satire) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Mix together with pseudo-scientific medical jargon and a dash of corporate greed. Toss in a bankrolled panel of FDA decision panel members and wait for the mixture to rise. If they object, give them some dough. Once the mixture has risen, cook the research results until the desired consistency is achieved. Remove from oven, wipe off the fraudulent research results (which sometimes bubble to the surface), and allow to cool. Warning: Do not touch the mixture while the marketing department is cooking the research results, or you may get burned.

Merck now under criminal investigation by the Justice Department for Vioxx scandal Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

It is, indeed, Big Pharma, and it represents the very worst evils of society: corporate greed combined with bad medicine. And starting right now, the Justice Department and heroic defenders of the public good like Eliot Spitzer, Sidney Wolfe and Dr. David Graham now stand a chance to bring this evil empire to its knees. And should we be lucky enough as citizens of this society, someday we shall be free of this scourge of companies we now call "Big Pharma.

BeliefWorks: The Art of Living Your Dreams Ray Dodd See book keywords and concepts

As the walls came tumbling down, they revealed the worst of corporate greed, an avalanche triggered by lies and fear. Losses to investors, customers, and employees were shattering—so large that a shudder was felt throughout the global economy. In the aftermath of the collapse, criminal charges were leveled at the firm's top executives. One of the world's most respected accounting companies, Arthur Andersen, with more than 28,000 workers worldwide, was implicated as an accessory and slowly dismantled, accused of accounting fraud.

The future of food fabrication, intellectual property and seeds Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Through technology combined with corporate greed, we're going to see a global effort to separate human beings from nature. Humans will then be effectively charged for gaining access to these natural benefits. It's the commercialization of nature. Corporate-controlled consumers As I have said before in other essays, if pharmaceutical companies could figure out a way to block sunlight from reaching the planet, then bottle up some sunlight and sell it as a healing drug, I have no doubt that they would do so.

Big Pharma scare tactics: How the pharmaceutical industry influences American consumers Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

You can call it a conspiracy if you want, but I just call it straight old-fashioned corporate greed. It's all about money, and there's a lot of money changing hands in the drug racket now operating in this country. It's a swell deal if you're the guy at the top, pocketing the take, and if you don't have any ethics. Unfortunately, that's who we have running a lot of the corporations and government departments in this country today. It's sad, but true. Public education can change the greedy U.S. drug racket All of this doesn't mean I'm a pessimist. I'm actually a cautious optimist.

BeliefWorks: The Art of Living Your Dreams Ray Dodd See book keywords and concepts

You probably know someone, or know someone who knows someone, who has been laid off from their job in the latest business cycle of technology stock collapse or fallout resulting from corporate greed, offshoring, and downsizing. A friend of mine was recently RIFed, a casualty of her employer's "reduction-in-force." She got an impressive severance package but instead of being relieved, she was devastated. I went to see if I could cheer her up. "Why are you so unhappy?" I asked. 'You can take a year off and do whatever your heart desires.

Interview with Dr. Ray Strand, author of Death by Prescription and Releasing Fat Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

I think it's just corporate greed. I mean, they want to make more money. Dr. Strand: Oh, yes! It's an economic decision. In my book, Death by Prescription, I have a chapter called “Deadly Partnership.” A lot of people don’t realize that in 1992 Congress passed a law called the "user-fee" law, which required pharmaceutical companies to actually pay a user fee so that the FDA could review their drugs. This was a quarter million dollars per new drug application. Well, that has grown so much by now that the pharmaceutical industry is actually contributing over half of the FDA’s budget.

How to change the world by buying organic and supporting sustainable farming Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

On the other hand, if you want an earth that is scorched with pesticides, with polluted rivers, increasingly unlivable oceans, polluted produce and heavy metals in your soils, and if you want a system of corporate greed and exploitation, then go ahead and buy the non-organic fruits, vegetables and processed foods because that's what you're going to create by making that decision. Corporate farming isn't sustainable farming This brings us to one more level -- the corporate level, or the business model level.

The top ten reasons why the U.S. needs more pharmaceutical companies (satire) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Ethics: With Enron gone, we need a new, national example of strong ethics that properly communicate the essence of American corporate greed. Pharmaceutical companies could make Enron look like the Girl Scouts. 6. Political Fundraising: We need drug companies to support the re-election efforts of honest national leaders like President Bush who, as we all know, is crucial for protecting our civil liberties. 7. Publishers: Without drug company advertising, who would support all the newspaper and magazine publishers in this country?

Reversing diabetes means making tough choices in foods, nutrition and exercise Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

It's not a conspiracy: it's just plain old corporate greed. If you want to reverse diabetes, and you want to know the truth about it, keep reading articles like this one, because I'm going to give it to you straight. I'm telling you that you've got a make a list of all the foods and food ingredients to avoid for the rest of your life. And then you must commit to avoiding those foods. No exceptions. By the way, another side effect of all of this sugar consumption is, of course, rampant weight gain.

Merck caught in scandal to bury Vioxx heart attack risks, intimidate scientists and keep pushing dangerous drugs; Vioxx lawsuits now forming Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Let's put this company out of business for good and send a message to Big Pharma that they can no longer exploit Americans' health for their own corporate greed. Steal this article What else can you do to help defeat Merck? Steal this article. Post it on your website, email it to your friends, print it out and hand it to your coworkers. Tell people what you know about Merck, Vioxx and the FDA, and encourage people to join the lawsuit effort against this pharmaceutical giant. Here's the URL to give people who want to read this article: http://www.newstarget.com/002155.

Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About Kevin Trudeau See book keywords and concepts

Because I feel it is my mission in life to blow the whistle on the corporate greed and the corruption in the boardrooms across the world and in the government agencies across the world. I believe it is my mission to help free the world of illness and disease and inform them about the truth about health, nutrition, and natural remedies. If you want to help me, I want you to know I absolutely need YOUR HELR I am under vicious constant attacks. The point is, and in order to keep this mission moving forward, I need your support, I need your positive thoughts, and I need your help.

Food Revolution: How your diet can help save your life and our world John Robbins See book keywords and concepts

I have written The Food Revolution to provide solid, reliable information for the struggle to achieve a world where the health of people and the Earth community is more important than the profit margins of any industry, where basic human needs take precedence over corporate greed. I have written this book so that you might have clear information on which to base your food choices. It will show you how to attain greater health and respond more deeply from your connection to all of life.

20 Years of Censored News Carl Jensen See book keywords and concepts

American Industrialists Traded with the Nazis 1982 SYNOPSIS: In a shocking expose of American corporate greed, investigative author Charles Higham revealed a disgraceful if not criminal collaboration of some of America's largest corporations with Nazi Germany not only before but during World War II. Higham documents his claims with information gathered through the National Archives and the Freedom of Information Act.

The lack of car safety features, the lax regulatory control of the airline industry, the link between tobacco and cancer, and the corporate greed of baby formula manufacturers that led to the deaths of thousands of Third World infants are just a few examples of where the media could have made a difference. How many millions of taxpayer dollars would have been saved if the media had exposed the savings and loan scandal in its infancy?

Gary Nulls Ultimate Anti Aging Program Gary Null, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

They weren't speaking out against racism, sexism, and corporate greed. We were right about our parents—to an extent. At the same time, our parents sacrificed everything for us. To give us a future, they gave up a lot of theirs. That's an enormous thing to do for someone. That kind of sacrifice takes a lot of love and commitment. In contrast, our generation has sacrificed nothing. We've been the greediest bunch in history. We want it now, not tomorrow. We have to buy it, charge it, or steal it. We have no ethics.

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