:32:01
and it cant be
cured and they die.
:32:04
Thats a crisis.
:32:06
Bad for the cow
:32:07
Bad for the farmer
:32:09
Bad potentially
for the consumer
:32:11
The jury is out
:32:12
we see a lot of
conflicting evidence
:32:15
about potential
health risk.
:32:16
And of course
as a consumer
:32:18
my belief is why
should I take any risk?
:32:26
Factory farm cows have not
been the only victims
:32:28
of Monsanto products.
:32:31
Large areas of Vietnam were
deforested by the us military
:32:34
using Monsantos agent orange.
:32:39
The toxic herbicide
reportedly caused
:32:41
over 50000 birth defects
:32:44
and hundreds of thousands of cancers
in Vietnamese civilians and soldiers
:32:48
and in former American troops
serving in South East Asia.
:32:53
Unlike the Vietnamese victims
:32:55
U. S. Vietnam war veterans
exposed to Agent Orange
:32:58
were able to sue Monsanto
for causing their illnesses.
:33:02
Monsanto settled
out of court
:33:04
paying $80 million
in damages.
:33:08
But it never
admitted guilt
:33:33
Sleeping in a motel
in Brewer Maine one night
:33:36
I woke up with
terrible hay fever
:33:38
and my eyes were burning.
:33:39
And I looked out
at the river
:33:41
and there were great
mounds of white foam
:33:43
going right
down the river.
:33:44
And the next morning
I got up and I said
:33:46
My God what was
that happening last night
:33:47
He said "Oh thats
just the river".
:33:49
And I said
"what do you mean?"
:33:49
He said "Well look every
night the paper company sends
:33:51
the stuff down the river."
:33:53
And I said "What are
you talking about?"
:33:55
And he said "Dont
you understand?"
:33:56
"That show we get rid of the
effluent from the paper mills."