[Paracelsus] Fwd: [Biodemocracy]ACTION ALERT: Bush Administration moving to allow corporate takeover of organics! (fwd)

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>ACTION ALERT: Bush Administration moving to allow corporate takeover of

>organics!

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><http://www.organicconsumers.org/sos.cfm#action>CLICK HERE TO TAKE ACTION!

>(please forward this important email alert far and wide)

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>Over the past few weeks America's organic standards have once again come

>under heavy attack. First the USDA's National Organic Program (NOP)

>announced on April 14 that they would no longer monitor or police

> " organic " labels on non-agricultural products, literally opening the door

>for unscrupulous companies to put bogus organic labels on products such as

>fish, body care products, pet foods, fertilizer, and clothing.

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>In the case of

><http://www.organicconsumers.org/organic/fish043004.cfm>seafood and

><http://www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare/index.htm>body care products,

>the marketplace is already starting to become flooded with products

>bearing the organic label, even though the production methods (industrial

>fish farms) or content ( " organic " shampoos with organic claims based upon

>added water) in many of these products violate traditional organic

>principles. Besides giving the green light to bogus organic labels the new

>USDA " scope policy " penalizes genuine organic companies that have begun

>sourcing, certifying, and labeling their products as organic.

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>Corporate agribusiness and the biotech lobby have apparently decided that

>strict organic farming practices and the booming organic market constitute

>a threat to their bottom line, and have called on their friends in the

>Bush administration USDA to degrade organic standards and prepare for a

>restructuring of organic production so as to facilitate the use of

>industrial agriculture practices such as pesticides, antibiotics,

>non-organic feed, growth hormones and even genetically engineered animal drugs.

><file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Aldo%20Carson\Desktop\monlink.html#monsa\

nto>(For

>more info on corporate agribusiness control of U.S. government, click here)

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>USDA's NOP announced on April 28 controversial new directives/guidance

>statements on national organic standards including:

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> " Organic " Crops Raised with Pesticides?

>The USDA has now stated that as long as the farmer and the organic

>certifier don't know the specific ingredients of the pesticides applied to

>the " organic " plants, the crops can be sold as " organic " . To make matters

>worse, it is not required by law for pesticide companies to list the

>ingredients on their products (it's considered proprietary information),

>so the farmers rarely know what the specific ingredients are.

><http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/Compliance/PesticidesCompliance.pdf>(Read

>full USDA pesticide statement here)

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> " Organic " Dairy Cows Injected with Antibiotics and Synthetic Hormones?

>The USDA has announced that individual cows can be treated with any kind

>of drug at any time, including synthetic growth hormones, but milk can

>only be sold from that cow 12 months after that treatment. The problem

>with this directive is that it opens up the door for split operation

>factory style dairy farms, whereby organic and non-organic dairy

>operations are carried out simultaneously, and hundreds if not thousands

>of " organic " dairy cows are kept in intensive confinement. Not only are

>industrial sized dairy farms bad for the environment, but they inevitably

>give rise to sick cows who have to be treated with drugs. Of course many

>of these drugs build up in the body fat and are released in the milk and

>meat from these animals.. If this new directive is allowed to stand,

>organic milk could potentially contain residues of drugs and hormones.

>(<http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/NOP/GuidanceStatements/AntibioticGuidance041304.p\

df>Read

>full USDA dairy statement here)

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>Mercury and PCBs Allowed in " Organic " Beef?

>The USDA also stated on April 28 that non-organic fishmeal can be fed to

>cattle and the beef can still be sold as " organic " . Fishmeal is used as a

>protein supplement on conventional cattle ranches, but it frequently

>contains mercury, PCBs and other synthetic chemicals. Mercury and PCBs are

> " bioacculmulators " meaning they are concentrated and stored in the " meat "

>of the animal.

>(<http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/NOP/GuidanceStatements/FishmealGuidance041304.pdf\

>Read

>full USDA livestock feed statement here)

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><http://www.organicconsumers.org/sos.cfm#action>CLICK HERE TO TAKE ACTION!

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>The Organic Consumers Association is working hard to stop the degradation

>of organic standards by the USDA and head-off the takeover of the organic

>market by corporate agribusiness and biotech interests. We are now

>launching a national campaign called SOS--Safeguard Organic Standards, to

>make sure that strict organic standards are maintained and that organic

>monitoring, certification, and policing extends to the full range of

>consumer products, including body care, clothing, pet food, fertilizer,

>and other items. But to Safeguard Organic Standards we need your donations

>and we need your grassroots volunteer energy. Join us, and ask your

>friends, family, and neighbors to do the same.

>Please make a tax deductible online donation today!

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>or mail donation to Organic Consumers Association

>6101 Cliff Estate Rd, Little Marais, MN 55614

>218-226-4164 http://www.organicconsumers.org

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> <http://www.organicconsumers.org/sos.cfm#action>CLICK HERE TO TAKE ACTION!

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