BOUGHT

Bought is a terrific new documentary about the health dangers of vaccines, prescription drugs and genetically modified foods. The film is hosted by outspoken Evanston, Illinois, physician Toni Bark, who’s treated in her own medical practice children who’ve been injured by vaccines. Some ME patients have had their own disease brought on by vaccination, particularly hepatitis B.

One of the many frightening things that I learned from the film is that some GMO foods have, among other alarming facts, the ability to destroy gut bacteria. Since most of the immune system is in the gut, disruption of gut flora may have problematic health consequences. (Basically, in a twist on the 1970s commercial for Chiffon margarine, it's not nice to fool Mother Nature.)

As the title of the film makes crystal clear, money, greed, corruption and sociopathy rule in big pharma, whereas people’s health is an afterthought—if that. And since CDC essentially works for pharma, and physicians trust CDC to give them accurate information, physicians and the public are comforted, the physicians into believing they're doing the right thing, and the public into believing that it's safe. But the film argues that in fact people, particularly children, have become the canaries in the coal mine.  

The good news is that people are starting to wake up to the fact that they’ve got to fight for their own health and the health of their children. Bought documents how advocates in Connecticut fought for GMO labeling on food—GMO manufacturers have been campaigning vigorously against it—and in 2013, the state became the first to pass a bill to require companies to label products that contain GMOs.

The film is available to stream for $4.95 until November 21 at boughtmovie.com. You can watch the trailer here: