Nigella sativa — more commonly known as fennel flower — has been used as a cure-all remedy for over a thousand years. It treats everything from vomiting to fevers to skin diseases, and has been widely available in impoverished communities across the Middle East and Asia.
But now Nestlé is claiming to own it, and filing patent claims around the world to try and take control over the natural cure of the fennel flower and turn it into a costly private drug.
They must be stopped!
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Unbelievable!
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I know!
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Yet another crazy example of global corporate mission creep and with the spectre of TransAtlantic and TransPacific trade agreements looming large it doesn’t make things like this any less likely in the future 😦
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Reblogged this on Trevor Fenner and commented:
This is crazy!
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Thanks for reblogging this Trevor
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Thanks for telling! I did not know! Thanks a lot!
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Nor did I til I got an email from the campaigner. Let’s share it as wide as possible!
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I read about this. This certainly must be stopped. Where will it all end. I suspect we’ll end up paying for the air we breathe. I wouldn’t put it past the Coalition!
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It is absolutely outrageous, but I wonder why I’m surprised.
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