Industry Profits, Public Dangers

Pesticides, widely used for pest control, pose significant health risks, including toxicity to cellular biology and a disturbing link to global suicides. The merger of Bayer and Monsanto exemplifies the troubling relationship between companies that produce harmful chemicals and those that manufacture corresponding medical treatments, like cancer drugs for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. This cycle of creating illnesses to later profit from treatments reveals market manipulation prioritizing profit over public health. The cheap food promoted by the food industry comes at a high cost to healthcare, leading to higher medical expenses in the U.S. compared to Europe, highlighting the dangers of lobbyists influencing food safety regulations to favor neurotoxins and endocrine disruptors in our food supply.