The Downside of TechnologyCatherine J. Frompovich This article is written to point out and juxtapose the apparent recklessness of technologys specious chutzpah, which basically and ultimately is nothing short of devastation once the realization sets in about denied, skewed, or withheld data, information, and news, plus the long-range effects that either are not considered nor investigated, deliberately or otherwise, from the outset of new technological advances. Id like to place into the limelight, specifically, the beauty of the gifts that Nature and Natures Creator endowed our planet with so that we, Children of the Earth, finally will begin to realize that there is a downside to technology, and what technology is doing to trash the handiwork of that Higher Power, which include the environment, the planet, flora and fauna, and us. Shouldnt we be asking what will be the effects that petroleum oil dispersants, radioactive wastes from Fukushima, and untold pollution will have on the beauties of the seathe fish and crustaceans we rely on as part of the food chain? Stories abound of fish in the Gulf of Mexico having open lesions and shrimp with no eyes. Can you imagine this lovely creature disappearing? There are many apparent undisclosed sleepers in technology, which consumers obviously dont know about. The media keeps it that way. One of the most insidious technologies pulled off early in its development without consumers knowledge, changed the food Americans, in particular, are forced to eat unknowingly. Without the benefit of long term studies on health performed on animals or humans, GMO crops were permitted into agriculture and, subsequently, into food markets without label identification at the explicit ruling of the U.S. FDA. Independent research studies indicate problems with GMOs, which federal food and health agencies ignore; apparently refuse to address; but keep approving more GMO crops and animal-husbandry, genetically-modified-insanities like rBST (recombinant bovine somatotropin), a synthetic growth hormone injected into cows to produce more milk that also includes pus; and Frankenfish, e.g, genetically modified salmon. Why are researchers wearing protective air hoodsand clothing in a greenhouse growing corn? Is that where the missing money at the Pentagon and elsewhere has goneto finance those wars? And who profits from such wars? Whereas that money spent on toxic wars could be used to fund an equitable healthcare system in the USA rather than sock it to the consumers with what amounts to an insurance Ponzi scheme, ObamaCare, enjoying only a 38 percent consumer approval rating as of October 12th. [1] How about the $634 Million spent to build an online application process that is fraught with errors, another technology glitch. Cell phone technology is another radio wave wonder that is frying our brains and everyone seemingly doesnt give a tinkers damn about what cell phones are doing to their cranial computers, their brains, let alone the harm to human body tissue from wearing active/live cell phones on belts or close to the body in pants pockets or a purse. Cell phones may harm reproductive health, especially sperm in males. Furthermore, radiofrequency can cause cancer. We are so captivated with technology that we just dont care what it does negatively to us, the planet, the environment, or other species with which we share the planet. Where have all the bees gone? What do you think or how will you feel about an RFID microchip implanted under your skin? Its being done to pets now and we may be the next on technologys to-do list. See a human hand implant here. What is not addressed here is the role of vaccines and how they interact within the body. For a real eye opener, may I direct you to my recently published book, Vaccination Voodoo, What YOU Dont Know About Vaccines. Another equally devastating technology is man-made chemistry with its hundreds of thousands of patented chemicals for food, cosmetics, pesticides, herbicides, etc. and pharmaceuticals. In 2009 I wrote a tome about how chemicals interact with us, Our Chemical Lives And The Hijacking Of Our DNA, A Probe Into Whats Probably Making Us Sick. For those who think technology is the greatest of the greats, lets consider nuclear fission and atomic energy that was developed in the first half of the 1900s. The USA unleashed a destructive force on two cities in Japan: Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 at 2:45AM local time and Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 at 11:02 AM. One would think that such devastation would compel the Japanese government to eschew nuclear fission and nuclear power. Apparently, the Japanese did not take to heart what technology is capable of doing, and now are living with the horrors of horrors since the Fukushima disaster. The trouble is, so is the rest of the planet and creation. However, the truly unconscionable and dramatic part about nuclear age technology is this: Technology does not know how to clean up or neutralize the everlasting radioactive waste products it produces. Planet Earth is saddled with jillions of rusting barrels of nuclear waste [2]; radioactive wastes have been dumped at sea [3]; and elsewhere [4]. Plus, all the radioactive wastes created as a result of President Eisenhowers Atoms for Peace Program [5] that resulted in 100 nuclear power plants across the United States [6]; nuclear medicine; food irradiation; and other uses for a technology that no one knows how to dispose of. Nuclear technology is just one example. Its a rather deadly technology. Its like playing Russian roulette with humankind. Can we afford other technologies that will become even more frightening and devastating? Just look up to the skies and see whats going on; count all the microwave towers hidden in make-believe fir trees along the roadside; and check out smart meters with their EMFs that will be coming to replace the current utility meter on your house [7]. And one more thing to check out: the Georgia Guidestones. If you dont know about them, the first directive probably will impress you more than you can imagine. How many humans are on Planet Earth now? Technology is defined, basically, as the use of science in industry and engineering to solve problems. How about the problems technology creates? Who solves them? Notes: Catherine J Frompovich (website) is a retired natural nutritionist who earned advanced degrees in Nutrition and Holistic Health Sciences, Certification in Orthomolecular Theory and Practice plus Paralegal Studies.Her work has been published in national and airline magazines since the early 1980s. Catherine authored numerous books on health issues along with co-authoring papers and monographs with physicians, nurses, and holistic healthcare professionals. She has been a consumer healthcare researcher 35 years and counting. Catherines latest book,published October 4, 2013, is Vaccination Voodoo, What YOU Dont Know About Vaccines, available on Amazon.com. Her 2012 bookA Cancer Answer, Holistic BREAST Cancer Management, A Guide to Effective Non-Toxic Treatments, is available on Amazon.com and as a Kindle eBook. Two of Catherines more recent books on Amazon.com are Our Chemical Lives And The Hijacking Of Our DNA, A Probe Into Whats Probably Making Us Sick (2009) and Lord, How Can I Make It Through Grieving My Loss, An Inspirational Guide Through the Grieving Process(2008). 