| Up to the late 1800s the leading causes of death | | | | Cardinal Health (healthcare) $47.9 Billion |
| were infectious diseases, tuberculosis, pneumonia and | | | | Merck (pharmaceuticals) $47.7 Billion |
| syphilis. | | | | Pfizer (pharmaceuticals) $32.3 Billion |
| During the last century and up to the present day, | | | | Glaxo Smith Kline (pharmaceuticals) $29.5 Billion |
| cancer, heart disease and other chronic ailments have | | | | Bayer (pharmaceuticals) $27.1 Billion |
| become the leading causes of death. Now we all | | | | United Health Group (healthcare) $23.4 Billion |
| know that sanitation and personal hygiene have | | | | Bristol-Myers Squibb (pharmaceuticals) $21.7 Billion |
| improved dramatically even over the last fifty | | | | Pharmacia (pharmaceuticals) $19.3 Billion |
| years,and everyday access to fresh produce can | | | | Novartis (pharmaceuticals) $18.9 Billion |
| explain the decline in deaths from infectious disease. | | | | Amerisource Bergen (healthcare) $15.8 Billion |
| But what is the reason for the explosive growth of | | | | WellPoint Health Networks (healthcare) $12.4 Billion |
| chronic diseases that are killing millions of Americans | | | | Source: Forbes 500, 2002 Revenue. |
| and Europeans every year? Look at the statistics. | | | | This rise in chronic diseases has also coincided with |
| The Top Ten Causes of Death In The United States | | | | the rise of intensive animal and agricultural farming. |
| of America. | | | | Animals are routinely dosed with growth hormones |
| 1. Heart Disease 652,486 | | | | and antibiotics. |
| 2. Cancer 553,888 | | | | Chemical weedkillers, many of which have been |
| 3. Stroke 150,074 | | | | banned in recent years, notably DDT, were approved |
| 4. Respiratory Disorders 121,987 | | | | by governments all over the world. And yet these |
| 5. All Accidents 112,012 | | | | were widely used for many years. |
| 6. Diabetes 73,138 | | | | Perhaps some or all these safe and government |
| 7. Alzheimer's 69,965 | | | | approved chemicals are the cause of some of the |
| 8. Influenza & Pneumonia 59,664 | | | | chronic diseases that are plaguing our modern times. |
| 9. Kidney Failure 42,480 | | | | Many of these chemicals which are ingested through |
| 10. Blood Poisoning 33,373 | | | | what we eat can stay in the body for years. |
| Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics | | | | Obesity is a by product of all these chemicals and |
| (2007) | | | | intensive farming which in itself will lead to heart |
| Now just by pure coincidence the revenues of large | | | | disease, strokes and high blood pressure. With chronic |
| multinational corporations who produce a large chunk | | | | diseases causing so many deaths there must be |
| of the worlds pharmaceuticals, chemicals and | | | | ways we can reverse these awful statistics. |
| agrochemicals have risen expotentialy. | | | | |