Dr. Oz is no stranger to public controversy concerning his comments on GMO foods, pesticides, and the biotech industry. It appears that he is now the center of his biggest challenge yet. Having been adored by the mainstream since his show began in 2009, Dr. Oz is now facing his biggest attack to date.
Days after running the now viral episode essentially denouncing Monsanto’s flagship product glyphosate, a group of ten doctors are now publicly demanding Dr. Oz resign from a senior staff position he holds at Columbia University.
However, it has since been discovered that of these doctors, one has been convicted of medical fraud and over half have connections to The American Council on Science and Health, a discredited industry front group for the pesticide and herbicide industry.
Dr. Oz’s Moment of TruthShortly after the call for Dr. Oz to step down from Columbia University, Dr. Oz released this statement on his Facebook page:
“I bring the public information that will help them on their path to be their best selves. We provide multiple points of view, including mine which is offered without conflict of interest. That doesn’t sit well with certain agendas which distort the facts. For example, I do not claim that GMO foods are dangerous, but believe that they should be labeled like they are in most countries around the world. I will address this on the show next week.”
In 2012, Dr. Oz tackled the topic of GMO’s on his show and concluded the episode with this final thought:
“Let me give you my bottom line if I can. You vote with your pocketbook three times a day. You can choose to buy foods with GMO’s or without them. And so, instead of waiting for data to derive your decision, you are going to have to decide the safest foods for your family on your own. Labels do exist on some products, choose them for now and as the debate follow along I think its worth keep your head in the game because it is going to be a quick moving field.”
For years the public has begun changing their tune, listening to the advice of alternative sources (as well as Dr. Oz) by voting with their pocketbooks, causing Monsanto’s stock price to continually plummet. There is now a clear demand for non-GMO, organic food in stores that exceeds the demand for organic products.
Adding to the momentum, the public witnessed the largest single worldwide protest against a company and their products in the 2014 March against Monsanto.
Finally, the public no longer has to wait for “data to derive your decision” thanks to the World Health Organization classifying glyphosate as a 2A carcinogen in the same category as HIV and HPV. Doctors, food manufacturers, and individuals all hear the starting gun in the race away from biotech and are now inundating independent lab facilities to test themselves, their products, and their patients for traces of the possible carcinogen.
It appears Doctor Oz now faces the largest “moment of truth” of his career as a doctor and a public figure. The wiggle room is gone, having been replaced by a collective worldwide voice, relentless daily pocketbook voting, and data to further drive the final nail into the sealed GMO coffin.
Commanding the increasingly educated audience doctor Oz has patiently built coupled with now megaviral attention, he stands to gain a key position in the public eye. A rare opportunity to be the voice of a generation that has been waiting for a mainstream public figure with integrity to say what we all already know.
No Double Standard for OzIn closing, here is a short list of public figures that have far exceeded Dr. Oz in making, what his attackers call “disdain for science and for evidence-based medicine” in their public statements and actions. To date, none have been called out on their statements and actions by the mainstream press.
Seema Mather of Medical Watch news said: “Mercury based preservatives in vaccines may be associated with improved behavior and mental performance.”
Ann Coulter, shortly after the Fukushima multiple reactor meltdowns, the largest in nuclear disaster in history, said:
“There’s a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the governments says are the minimum amounts you should be exposed to, are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer.”
Madeleine Albright in a 60 minutes interview regarding the death toll of U.S. sanctions on Iraq: 60 Minutes Interviewer:
“We have heard that half a million children have died. I mean that’s more than died in Hiroshima. Is the price worth it?
…I think this is a very hard choice, but the price, we think the price is worth it.”
“Look this is one time, forget the conspiracy, listen to our government agencies, these guys are telling the truth. You know, there’s no conspiracy here folks, just get your damn vaccine!”
*Note: Shortly after this interview, Dr. Synderman broke the government mandated quarantine she was placed under during the 2014 Ebola outbreak to purchase a bowl of soup from a local restaurant.
And one that actually makes sense…
Political comedian Bill Maher weighed in on Monsanto and GMOs on the June 22 2012 episode of Real Time with Bill Maher. He said:
“Obama said in 2007 we would label genetically modified foods which, by the way, Europe has this, China!….China which puts lead in baby food, or some S#@t like this. But we can’t have that in America; even though nine out of ten Americans would like foods to at least be labeled so at least we know they’re frankenfoods.”
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