The Gaia Reports

By Theodora Filis On Saturday, December 31, 2011, China's state media reported that a 39 year old man, identified as Xinhua, died on Saturday in Shenzhen, Southern China, from what appears to be a contagious strain of avian flu. Xinhua Chen was hospitalized, in Shenzhen, on December 21 with a fever. According to China's official news agency, the provincial health department came out with a statement saying Xinhua had tested positive for the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Perhaps most disturbing of all is that the man had not traveled outside the city, and had no contact with poultry. Last summer, the United Nations (UN) warned of a possible resurgence of the virus, which peaked in 2006 – infecting people in 63 countries. The UN warned there were indications a mutant strain may be spreading in Asia. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported that a variant strain of H5N1, which could bypass the defenses of current vaccines, appeared in late August 2011, ...

By Theodora Filis Monsanto, whose executives have publicly said that they want Monsanto to become the only producer of genetically modified (GM) seeds in the world, is now joined by a smaller company, in California, that has the same hope. That company is Epicyte, whose president, Mitch Hein, announced at a press conference in 2001, “We have a hothouse filled with corn plants that make anti-sperm antibodies.” Epicyte's GM corn is financed, in part, by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Hein claims that it is a possible solution to world “overpopulation.” A concealed contraceptive embedded in corn meant for human consumption? In the US, GE-corn, GE-soy, GE-cotton seed oil, and GE-canola, are in most processed foods. Consumers have no idea they are there, and no means to distinguish them from other items. GM foods have never been tested for human safety consumption. Yet, studies in animals repeatedly show severe organ damage and infertility/sterility. Last May, Codex I...