Demand Food Sovereignty Now: Fighting Nutritional Sabotage, Toxic Agriculture, Water Contamination, and Supplement Bans
Food sovereignty is under threat. Corporate power and government complicity are pushing toxic food systems, dangerous chemicals, and centralized control of our food and health. We must demand food sovereignty as a fundamental right—the right to clean, nourishing food, pure water, and access to natural health solutions. This article outlines four urgent actions we must take.
1. 🚫 STOP Nutritional Sabotage Causing Cancer
Ultra-processed foods, loaded with sugar, chemical additives, and synthetic preservatives, have been directly linked to rising cancer rates. A 2023 European study of over 260,000 people found that for every 10% increase in ultra-processed food consumption, the risk of cancer rose by 2%, with some types increasing nearly 20% (1).
Many ingredients still used in North America are banned elsewhere due to known cancer risks. Potassium bromate, used in baked goods, is banned in Canada, the UK, and Europe but still allowed in the U.S. despite being classified as possibly carcinogenic by the WHO (2). Processed meats, including bacon and hot dogs, have been classified as Group 1 carcinogens, alongside tobacco and asbestos (3).
These are not isolated issues—they represent a systemic attack on public health by food conglomerates. Governments must ban carcinogenic additives and fund campaigns to promote whole, unprocessed food.
2. 🚫 STOP Toxic Agriculture: GMOs, Glyphosates, Terminator Seeds, and Attacks on Biodiversity
Industrial agriculture is destroying the planet and human health. Glyphosate, the key ingredient in Roundup, is sprayed globally on GMO crops and has been classified as "probably carcinogenic to humans" (4). Monsanto (now Bayer) has lost multiple lawsuits linking glyphosate to non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
At the same time, a small group of corporations now controls over 50% of the global seed market, pushing genetically modified, patented seeds that force farmers into dependency (5). Biodiversity has plummeted—75% of agricultural plant varieties have vanished over the past century due to industrial monoculture (6).
Worst of all, "Terminator seeds" are genetically engineered to be sterile, preventing farmers from saving seeds and threatening food security worldwide. These have been globally condemned and banned by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (7).
We must ban glyphosate, halt GMO crop expansion, and enshrine farmers' right to save and trade seeds.
3. 🚫 STOP Contaminated Water: Fluoride, Microplastics, Forever Chemicals
Fluoride is added to drinking water under the claim it prevents tooth decay. However, a 2019 study published in JAMA Pediatrics found that children exposed to fluoride in the womb had significantly lower IQ scores, especially boys (8). Fluoridation has been banned in most of Europe.
Microplastics are now found in 94% of U.S. tap water samples and in food and beverages worldwide. We may be ingesting up to 5 grams of plastic weekly (9).
Forever chemicals (PFAS) are present in rainwater around the globe. A 2022 study declared that even Antarctic rainfall exceeds U.S. safety levels, with PFAS linked to cancers, birth defects, and immune dysfunction (10).
It is time to end water fluoridation, ban PFAS and microplastic pollution, and hold polluters accountable.
4. 🚫 STOP Bans on Supplements
Supplements and natural remedies are under attack by regulators influenced by pharmaceutical interests. In the EU, a 2002 directive aimed to ban over 75% of available vitamins and minerals (11). In 2005, the European Court struck down the worst provisions, but new restrictions continue to surface.
In Canada, Health Canada's 2023 regulatory changes threaten to drive thousands of products off the shelves due to excessive fees and labeling requirements. Over 75% of brands say they may pull products from the market (12).
In the U.S., attempts to grant the FDA more control over supplement availability continue to spark backlash from health freedom advocates (13).
We must protect access to safe, effective supplements and traditional remedies.
References:
Cordova et al., The Lancet Regional Health – Europe (2023).
TIME Magazine, "Why Some Food Additives Banned in Europe Are Still on U.S. Shelves" (2023).
World Health Organization (WHO), Processed Meat Classification, IARC Monograph (2015).
WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer, Glyphosate Monograph, 2015.
Public Eye Report, "The Dangerous Concentration of the Seed Market" (2019).
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), "What is Happening to Agrobiodiversity?"
Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN), "Terminator Technology."
Green et al., JAMA Pediatrics (2019).
WWF/University of Newcastle, "Plastic Ingestion Study" (2019).
Stockholm University (2022), PFAS Study in Rainwater.
Alliance for Natural Health, Legal Challenge to EU Food Supplements Directive (2005).
Canadian Health Food Association, Save Our Supplements Campaign (2023).
Reuters Fact Check, FDA Supplement Regulation Debate (2022).