Scary!

will you let the microchip your family under the guise of safety?

Hey Dummies! (part 5)

why do you use so many scented products? and how does it not give you a headache?

i suppose you have become acclimated through years of exposure to things like: Disinfectant Sprays, Air Fresheners, Cleaning Agents and Anti-Bacterial Detergents …. but there’s something you should know:

exposure to such chemicals, whether through the digestive system, the lungs or the skin, causes an acidic reaction in the body (read Acid vs. Alkaline). believe it or not, the body stores these chemicals in your fatty tissue. it stores them because if it tried to dispose of them, it would suffer an overload! the accumulation of such toxins over time can cause premature aging, fatigue, countless physical ailments- even cancer!

it is important to remember that these synthetic chemicals, which are a part of the daily lives of most Americans, have only been around for little over half a century.. and isn’t it a coincidence that 60 years after their creation there exists a wide-spread epidemic of cancer?

when homemade cleaning supplies are SO cheap and easy to make (see There’s No Need To Buy: part 1) and when natural essential oils like lavender, rosemary and eucalyptus smell SO lovely.. why, oh why would you buy Febreze “Summer Breeze”? yuck!

Corporate Criminals

although a corporation is legally a “person” it cannot be jailed for it’s actions. it seems as if, to a corporation, criminal fines become nothing more than a business expense. are you supporting these criminals?

Exxon pled guilty to criminal charges in connection with the Valdez oil spill. They were charged a criminal fine of $125 million. They were responsible for the 11 million gallons of crude oil which contaminated 700 miles of the Alaskan shoreline killing wildlife and ruining the homes of thousands of Native Americans.

Sears pled guilty to bankruptcy fraud with a fine of $60 million. “Sears intentionally misled bankrupt debtors without attorneys and defrauded the Bankruptcy Court for over a decade,” said U.S. Attorney Donald Stern said. “This was not the haphazard action of a few employees. It represented an outrageous company policy, carried out by those responsible for debt collection, which plainly violated federal law.”

Royal Caribbean Cruises pled guilty to 21 felony counts and were assessed an $18 million criminal fine. They pled guilty to lying to the U.S. Coast Guard, routinely dumping waste oil from their cruise ships and deliberately dumping into U.S. harbors and coastal areas many other types of pollutants, including hazardous chemicals from photo processing equipment, dry cleaning shops and printing presses.

Rockwell International Corporation pled guilty to ten counts of environmental crimes and were charged a criminal fine of $18.5 million. They pled guilty to violations of the Clean Water Act and were charged with improperly and illegally discharging wastes creating the potential for contamination to a reservoir used for drinking water.

Chevron pled guilty to 65 Clean Water Act violations and paid $8 million in fines. They were charged with discharging oil in waste water exceeding limits in their federal permit. They also admitted to diluting waste water prior to its being sampled in order to understate the oil and grease discharged.

Tyson Foods pled guilty to giving former Secretary of Agriculture Alphonso Michael Espy over $12,000 in gratuities. Tyson gifted money to Espy while it had a number of matters before the Department of Agriculture. They were charged a $4 million criminal fine.

United States Sugar Corporation pled guilty to eight felony environmental counts and was fined $3.75 million. Their charges included illegal disposal and transportation of hazardous wastes.

Bristol-Myers Squibb pled guilty to charges of illegally dumping pollutants into the waters of Syracuse, New York. They paid $3 million in criminal fines.

Eastman Kodak Company pled guilty to criminal charges of unlawful dealing in hazardous wastes and failure to properly notify authorities of a chemical spill. they were charged a $1 million fine. Joseph Polito, a neighboring resident said this regarding the amount of the fine “It’s equivalent to you or I getting a jaywalking ticket”.

visit: corporatepredators.org for more.

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