simbioo

Pharmaceutal industry is one of the most profitable industries in the world. Fast growing too. A few decades ago, 20 biggest companies controled about 5% of global medical market. These days, 10 biggest companies control about 35% of this market. And the profits keep rising. Must be really good at what they do. But what do they do?

Health. The most important issue for most people. And most people are also well informed about ways of keeping up a healthy way of living. A healthy way of living usually means eating good and healthy food, access to clean water, keeping yourself in good physical condition etc. And when health is gone, medicine steps in.

The “problem” with the biggest pharmaceutical companies is in the fact, that most of them are well established on both areas: food production and medicine. For example: Aventis (leader in global pesticide and medication production); Novartis (2nd in pesticide production, 3rd in seed production, 4th in medication area); Monsanto (3rd in pesticide production, 2nd in seed production); Astra Zeneca (4th in pesticide production, 5th in medicine production). See any conflict of interest?

Costs of prescibed medications for an average American (year): 250$ (1995), 500$ (2000), 750$ (2002)!? Why is that? Did the doctors go crazy? Was the marketing campaign a huge success? Or do people in general just get sick more often?

And the game keeps going on. The latest “inventions” of food producing corporations include GSO, nanotechnology, even radioactive radiation. A few years ago an announcement was made by Human Genome Project team - we cracked the human genetics. The problem with that is not what they know, but rather what they do not know. 98% of human DNA is supposed to be “junk” DNA. Or better said - they do not know why it is there. Why then trust a corporation trying to sell you GSO modified crops if they do not understand 98% of the DNA?

The game is old and goes on and on and only few people see it. Corporations are selling poisons (pesticides, fertilizers, seeds, GSO) and medicine. One hand feeds you and heals you. And both times, they make a lot of money.

If possible, grow your own food. Start reading books on ecological and biodinamical farming practices. Or buy local - from a farmer you know and trust and does not use modern warfare to grow the crops. Maybe that is the only way to keep yourself healthy.

It would be interesting to know where the White house gets its products for the meals for the president. Or royalties of the world? I bet the food is bio food or even from farms with biodinamical farming practices.