Summary
Dr. Shiv Chopra’s name has become synonymous with food safety. To protect the integrity of our food, Dr. Chopra waged many battles over three decades against a succession of Canadian Prime Ministers and federal ministries of health. With full support of the 50,000 member union of scientific and professional public service employees, Dr. Chopra refused to approve various harmful drugs to be used in meat and milk production. He defied governmental gag orders, spoke publicly to the media and testified at many Senate and parliamentary committees. Time and again the courts supported Dr. Chopra and ruled against government attempts to silence him. Also, time and again the government allowed dangerous drugs, agricultural practices, and carcinogenic pesticides to enter the food supply. Today, the dangers of these are internationally recognized and many countries have forbidden their use. In 1999, Bovine Growth Hormone was stopped in Canada (in the EU in 1988). Dr. Chopra, his scientist wife Nirmala, and their colleagues opposed dangerous antibiotics such as Baytril, Revalor-H, and silicon breast implants. Equally inspiring are his fight against the totally avoidable sources of Mad Cow Disease, calling the bluff on the Anthrax scare, and warning about the myth of safe and effective vaccines. Here is the full account of how government corruption endangers the food supply and how Dr. Chopra and his colleagues fearlessly continue to “to speak truth to power” Most importantly, this book contains a blueprint for the establishment of food safety and security throughout the world: in April 2008, Dr. Chopra's “Five Pillars of Food Safety” were presented to the Canadian Parliament by MP (NDP) Paul Dewar. This book also includes information on how to make our food safe from carcinogens, hormone disruptors, and stop antibiotic resistance. Everybody who eats should read this book!
About the Author
Dr. Shiv Chopra, a Fellow of the World Health Organization, is a veterinary scientist and a specialist in immunology and vaccine manufacture. he worked for more than thirty year for the Canadian Government's Health Canada department where he approved new drugs and vaccines.
