Monsanto Contributing to One Farmer Suicide Every 30 Minutes!

 

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In what has been called the single largest wave of recorded suicides
in human history, Indian farmers are now killing themselves in record
numbers. It has been extensively reported, even in mainstream news, nothing is being done about the issue. The cause? ~ Tony Gucciardi

Monsanto’s
cost-inflated and ineffective seeds have been driving farmers to
suicide, and is considered to be one of the largest — if not the largest
— cause of the quarter of a million farmer suicides over the past 16 years.

According to the most recent figures (provided by the New York University School of Law), 17,638 Indian farmers committed suicide in 2009 — about one death every 30 minutes. In 2008, the Daily Mail labeled
the continual and disturbing suicide spree as ‘The GM (genetically
modified) Genocide’.

Due to failing harvests and inflated prices that
bankrupt the poor farmers, struggling Indian farmers began to kill
themselves.

Oftentimes, they would commit the act by drinking the very
same insecticide that Monsanto supplied them with — a gruesome testament
to the extent in which Monsanto has wrecked the lives of independent
and traditional farmers.

To further add backing to the tragedy, the rate of Indian farmer suicides massively increased
since the introduction of Monsanto’s Bt cotton in 2002. It is no wonder
that a large percentage of farmers who take their own lives are cotton
farmers, the demographic that is thought to be among the most impacted.

Dr. Mercola, an osteopathic doctor that has been educating the world
about natural health for many years, recently saw
the destruction of traditional Indian farmers first hand. Dr. Mercola
found out about the notorious ‘suicide belt’ of India, where 4,238
farmer suicides took place in 2007 alone.

Many families are now ruined thanks to the mass suicides, and are
left to economic ruin and must struggle to fight off starvation:

‘We are ruined now,’ said one dead man’s 38-year-old
wife. ‘We bought 100 grams of BT Cotton. Our crop failed twice. My
husband had become depressed. He went out to his field, lay down in the
cotton and swallowed insecticide.’

In India, around 60 percent of the population (currently standing
at 1.1 billion) are directly or indirectly reliant on agriculture.
Monsanto’s intrusion into India’s traditional and sustainable farming
community is not only concerning for health and wellness reasons, but it
is now clear that the issue is much more serious.

 

Tony Gucciardi – April 4, 2012 – NaturalSociety

 

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