{"product_id":"seeds-of-deception","title":"Seeds of Deception","description":"\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tSeeds of Deception, Exposing Industry and Government Lies About the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You're Eating, by Jeffrey M. Smith.  Foreword by Frances Moore Lappe'.  International Bestseller!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tIs Your Food Safe?  What the biotech industry doesn't want you to know... This explosive expose' reveals how industry manipulation and political collusion -- not sound science -- allow dangerous genetically engineered food into your daily diet.  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tCompany research is rigged, alarming evidence of health dangers is covered up, and intense political pressure applied.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tChapters read like adventure stories:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t- Scientists were offered bribes or threatened. Evidence was stolen.  Data was omitted or distorted.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t- Government employees who complained were harassed, stripped of responsibilities, or fired.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t- Laboratory rats fed a GM crop developed stomach lesions and seven of the forty died within two weeks.  The crop was approved without further tests.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t- When a top scientist tried to alert the public about his alarming discoveries, he lost his job and was silenced with threats of a lawsuit. Read the actual internal memos by FDA scientists warning of toxins, allergies, and new diseases -- all ignored by their superiors, including a former attorney for Monsanto.  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tDiscover how industry studies are designed to avoid finding problems.  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tLearn why the FDA withheld information for Congress after a genetically modified supplement killed nearly a hundred people and disabled thousands. Eating such experimental food is gambling with your health.  Find out how you can protect yourself and your family.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tAbout the Author:  Jeffrey Smith is a master storyteller.  His style captivates and charms, while his meticulously documented facts leave no doubt about a massive injustice.  Smith has worked with a nonprofit group to promote labeling of GM foods; proposed legislation to keep these foods out of schools to protect children; and worked at a GMO detection laboratory.  He founded the Institute for Responsible Technology and lives in Iowa, surrounded by genetically modified corn and soybeans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Azure Standard","offers":[{"title":"1 book","offer_id":45089354776610,"sku":"AZ-BK464","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8684\/0866\/files\/af48b71a-be16-448e-b5a5-afb32e458a9c.png?v=1774243663","url":"https:\/\/www.montavilla.coop\/products\/seeds-of-deception","provider":"Montavilla Food Co-op","version":"1.0","type":"link"}