Capitalism is killing us?
Of Paul Craig Roberts

Source: Comedonchisciotte
Some ecological economists, come Herman E. Daly, argue that the external costs related to pollution and the depletion of global resources are not taken into consideration by the gross domestic product, so we cannot know if an increase in GDP is, actually, a gain or a loss.
External costs are enormous and constantly growing. Since the beginning of the world, manufacturing and industrial multinationals, those of the agri-food sector, city sewage systems, and other culprits have made third parties pay the costs of their environmentally harmful activities. There have been numerous reports recently, many of which centered on Monsanto's Roundup, whose main component, glyphosate, it is considered carcinogenic.
An organization aimed at safeguarding public health, l’Environmental Working Group, recently reported that its tests showed the presence of glyphosate in 43 are 45 types of foods for children's breakfast, including muesli, oat flakes and snacks produced by Quake, Kellog e General Mills. LINK.
In Brazil it was discovered that 83% of breast milk contains glyphosate. LINK.
The Institute for the Environment of Monaco ((Munich Environmental Institute) reported that 14 of the best-selling German beer brands contain glyphosate. LINK.
Glyphosate has been found in the urine of Mexican farmers and in Mexican groundwater. LINK.
According to Scientific American, “even the inert compounds in Roundup are capable of killing human cells, especially the embryonic ones, placentals and umbilical cord.” LINK.
A German toxicologist has accused the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment of scientific fraud (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment) and the European Food Safety Authority (European Food Safety Authority – EFSA) for having accepted the thesis of a working group managed by Monsanto on the non-carcinogenicity of glyphosate. LINK. Read More
