Coalition demands probe on Dow & Monsanto GMOs & pesticides

Farmers and food industry representatives are demanding a probe into the potential outcome of a new genetically modified crop in combination with the usage of the 2,4-D pesticide.

Dow Chemical is currently awaiting the go-ahead from the U.S. government to start using a new genetically modified corn crop. This crop has been modified to be resistant to a powerful pesticide produced with 2,4-D.

2,4-D was a compound that was crucial to the make-up of the notorious Agent Orange, which killed so many people during the Vietnam war and causes birth defects right up to the present time in that country. Agent Orange was responsible for over 400,000 deaths in Vietnam. 3 million people contracted diseases like cancer, liver damage and heart disease. Over half a million babies were born with heartbreaking birth defects in Vietnam.

If approved, this new corn would be able to "thrive" when doused with the pesticide in farmers' fields and would apparently eradicate unwanted weeds along the way... read full article and view video.

Mother-of-8 died 'because she drank 10 liters of Coke a day'

A young New Zealand mother of 8 children suddenly died - probable cause is that she was drinking at least 10 liters of Cola-Cola every day.

Natasha Marie Harris, 30, died suddenly at home in Invercargill on New Zealand's South Coast on February 25, 2010.

The Daily Mail has reported that Harris apparently had an addiction to Coca-Cola and without it she would get moody and irritable. Her partner, Christopher Hodgkinson has claimed that her death was the result of drinking too much Coca-Cola.

Hodgkinson's mother, Vivian Hodgkinson, said she would go 'crazy' if she ran out of the drink.

At an inquest into Harris' death, her partner said that she had been unwell leading up to her death. She apparently had no energy and had been vomiting up to 6 times per week, but it never crossed their minds that Coca-Cola could be the problem.... read full article.