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Feedlot Meat Has Spurred a Soy Boom That Has a Devastating Environmental and Human Cost

Jill Richardson, AlterNet. March 17, 2011.

South America is being taken over by a handful of companies in the soy business that are destroying ecologically sensitive areas and pushing people from their ancestral land.

The Soy and Other 'Natural' Food Products in Your Cabinet May Contain a Dangerous Neurotoxin

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. December 30, 2010.

All too often it's the companies playing the "natural" card that are doing the most unnatural things to your food.

Which Veggie Burgers Were Made With a Neurotoxin?

Kiera Butler, Mother Jones Online. April 13, 2010.

Most non-organic veggie burgers currently on the market are made with the chemical hexane, an EPA-registered air pollutant and neurotoxin.

The War on Soy: Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare

The War on Soy: Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. November 21, 2009.

Vegetarians aren't the only ones who should be concerned; there's soy in just about everything you eat these days -- including hamburgers, mac 'n cheese and salad dressing.

Is Soy the Ticket to Good Health or Infertility? Here's the Scoop

Is Soy the Ticket to Good Health or Infertility? Here's the Scoop

Sarah Irani, EcoSalon. October 3, 2009.

Some tout soy products as a panacea for health and wellness, while others swear that soy is a sure ticket to infertility and "man boobs." What are the facts?

When Cocaine and Monsanto's Pesticide Collide, the War on Drugs Becomes a Genetically-Modified War on Science

Meg White, BuzzFlash. September 8, 2009.

Monsanto and the U.S. government are dealing with unanticipated hazards of the pesticide Roundup in the South American drug war.

The Dark Side of Soy

Mary Vance, Terrain. July 5, 2007.

Is a staple of healthy diets in America making us sick?

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