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The Corbett Report asks the question. "If "you are what you eat," as the old adage has it, then what does that make us?

"As consumers of heavily processed, chemically treated, GMO-infested gunk, we in the modern, developed world have "solved" the problem of hunger that plagued our forebears since time immemorial by handing our food sovereignty over to a handful of corporate conglomerates."

ZeroHedge reports, "According to New York City officials, a supermarket and apartment building were destroyed on Sunday due to a fire caused by an electric bike. The rise in reports of lithium-ion battery fires across the metro area is an unintended consequence of the 'green' mobility trend."

Governo do Estado de São Paulo, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Smithsonian Magazine reports, "Newly discovered bacterial compounds are so good at killing fungi that scientists named them after movie star Keanu Reeves, who’s known for efficiently defeating villains in action films like The Matrix and John Wick."

An article appearing in NewScientist.com revealed that "Crops sprayed with 'barcoded' spores could help trace food poisoning."

As usual, genetically engineered organisms are declared to be safe. But, really now. Would you want to eat these?

An article from 2018 published in The Independent revealed, "First ever sun-dimming experiment will mimic volcanic eruption in attempt to reverse global warming."