Here we go again! This week we’re discussing the new Monsanto pesticide verdict as well as taking a somewhat deep-dive into their history, as well as putting our *expletive* government under the microscope. I am just as sick of this as you are, the horrors seem to just seep out of the corporate and bureaucratic fabric of our lives. Thank you for joining me in this week’s communal Schauer, I understand if you need to be alone after this.

Let me reiterate my point for all who cover their ears to nuance: I am by no means saying that any of these chemicals are the SOLE cause of any chronic disorder, chronic disease, or medical condition. What I AM saying is that these chemicals, untested and unchecked, are sure as *bleep* not helping literally anyone’s health in any substantial way.

Please feel free to run all of this by a licensed medical professional and relative experts for more information or clarification.

This was not mentioned in the video but since a lot (NOTE: that “a lot” does not mean “all”) of doctors are complicit in the abuses of the healthcare system, I would also like to suggest these resources.

Research all federal investigations against any hospital:

https://www.hospitalinspections.org/

Research financial relationships between drug & medical device companies and healthcare providers:

https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/

For all the medical professionals out there fighting the good fight, love that, thank you. I, personally, do not *in general* distrust *most* doctors as if I did I wouldn’t have read half these books or like my PCP as much - but you must understand, there are some really awful medical providers out there and in order to change a broken system we have to acknowledge that point. Appreciate y'all.

Book Resources:

Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat - Marion Nestle

The Mind-Gut Connection: How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health - Emeran Mayer, MD

The Good Gut: Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-Term Health - Justin Sonnenburg PhD and Erica Sonnenburg, PhD

The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles - Terry Wahls, MD

Bleed: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care - Tracey Lindeman

Clean: The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less - James Hamblin, MD, MPH

The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World - Michael Pollan

Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature’s Toxins - from Spices to Vices - Noah Whiteman

Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick - Murray Carpenter

Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World - Elinor Cleghorn, PhD

Sources:

Monsanto Company

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/business-and-management/monsanto-company

Behind the Company That Changed Agriculture As We Know It

https://www.newamerica.org/insights/behind-the-company-that-changed-agriculture-as-we-know-it/

Monsanto Loses Plastic Bottle Fight

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cen-v055n039.p006

Nutrition Education in US Medical Schools: Latest Update of a National Survey (2010)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4042309/

Dioxins

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/dioxins

A historical perspective of immunotoxicology

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/1547691X.2013.837121#abstract

What We Know About the Link Between Pesticides and PD

https://www.apdaparkinson.org/article/the-relationship-between-pesticides-and-parkinsons/

Plant Incorporated Protectants (PIPs)/ Genetically Modified Plants

https://npic.orst.edu/reg/pip.html

Impact of Sugar in Concrete

https://dyconcretepumps.com/impact-of-sugar-in-concrete/

Resources:

Food Politics by Marion Nestle

https://www.foodpolitics.com/

Good Jobs First - Violation Tracker

https://goodjobsfirst.org/databases/

Several databases available: Violation Tracker, Subsidy Tracker, Tax Break Tracker, Amazon Tracker, Violation Tracker Global, Violation Tracker UK

Retraction Watch

https://retractionwatch.com/

My Health Forward

https://myhealthforward.com/collections/all-heirloom-seeds

Source with farm map!

EWG Consumer Guides

https://www.ewg.org/consumer-guides

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