[CRNMC] Fwd: ban Monsanto's Roundup now

[Beth Brenneman]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dave Murphy, Food Democracy Now! <info at fooddemocracynow.org>
Date: Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 9:54 AM
Subject: ban Monsanto's Roundup now
To: storyteller2069 at gmail.com


Thanks for taking action! Please take a moment to ask your friends and
family to join you in asking your Senators to support GMO labeling.

   1. Share on Facebook
   <https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/sign/ban_Monsantos_Roundup_Label_GMOs_now/>
   2. Post on Twitter
   <http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=breaking%3A%20Monsanto%27s%20Roundup%20%E2%80%9CProbably%20carcinogenic%20to%20humans%E2%80%9D%20http%3A//bit.ly/1HG204i%20%40food_democracy%20Pls%20RT%20%23banRoundup%20%23labelGMOs>
   3. Pass along this message via email -- click here
   <?subject=breaking%3A%20Monsanto's%20Roundup%20linked%20to%20cancer&body=Dear%20Friend%2C%0A%0ALate%20week%2C%20the%20World%20Health%20Organization%20(WHO)%20declared%20that%20the%20main%20chemical%20ingredient%20in%20Monsanto%E2%80%99s%20best-selling%20weedkiller%20Roundup%20%E2%80%93%20Glyphosate%20%C2%AD%C2%AD%E2%80%93%20is%20%E2%80%9CProbably%20carcinogenic%20to%20humans%E2%80%9D.%20According%20to%20WHO%2C%20glyphosate%20is%20used%20in%20more%20than%20750%20different%20weedkillers%20and%20is%20routinely%20detected%20in%20the%20air%2C%20water%20and%20our%20food.%0A%0ABut%20for%20the%20past%20two%20decades%20Monsanto%20has%20led%20a%20campaign%20of%20deception%2C%20repeatedly%20claiming%20that%20both%20Roundup%20and%20glyphosate%20were%20perfectly%20safe%2C%20going%20so%20far%20as%20say%20that%20it%20is%20%E2%80%9Csafer%20than%20table%20salt%E2%80%9D%20and%20so%20safe%20you%20can%20%E2%80%9Cdrink%20it%E2%80%9D.%0A%0ABased%20on%20these%20dubious%20safety%20claims%2C%20an%20estimated%2075%20percent%20of%20processed%20foods%20in%20America%20contain%20ingredients%20that%20have%20been%20genetically%20engineered%20to%20survive%20being%20sprayed%20with%20massive%20doses%20of%20Roundup%20and%2C%20if%20your%20not%20careful%2C%20your%20food%20is%20potentially%20covered%20with%20glyphosate%20residue.%0A%0ARather%20than%20consider%20growing%20scientific%20evidence%20of%20possible%20harm%20to%20humans%2C%20in%202013%2C%20the%20Environmental%20Protection%20Agency%20increased%20allowable%20limits%20of%20glyphosate%20residue%20on%20food%20crops%20from%20200%20ppm%20to%206%2C000%20in%20some%20cases.%20Fortunately%2C%20in%202015%2C%20the%20EPA%20is%20reviewing%20glyphosate%E2%80%99s%20toxicity%20and%20will%20take%20the%20WHO%20announcement%20into%20consideration.%0A%0AIncredibly%2C%20less%20than%20a%20week%20after%20Monsanto's%20Roundup%20is%20declared%20%E2%80%9CProbably%20carcinogenic%20to%20humans%E2%80%9D%2C%20Congress%20introduces%20a%20bill%20to%20Outlaw%20GMO%20Labeling%20and%20make%20it%20voluntary!%0A%0ATell%20the%20EPA%20it%E2%80%99s%20time%20to%20get%20Monsanto%E2%80%99s%20Roundup%20off%20your%20plate%2C%20ban%20glyphosate%20and%20tell%20Congress%20and%20the%20White%20House%20it%E2%80%99s%20time%20to%20label%20GMOs!%20We%20need%20your%20help%20today.%0A%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Faction.fooddemocracynow.org%2Fsign%2Fban_Monsantos_Roundup_Label_GMOs_now%2F%0A%0AEvery%20voice%20counts!>
   or use the draft message below.

Thank you for participating in food democracy,
Dave, Lisa and The Food Democracy Now! team
------------------------------

Dear Friend,

Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the main
chemical ingredient in Monsanto’s best-selling weedkiller Roundup –
Glyphosate ­­– is “*Probably carcinogenic to humans”*. According to WHO,*
glyphosate is used in more than 750 different weedkillers and is routinely
detected in the air, water and our food*.

But for the past two decades Monsanto has led a campaign of deception,
repeatedly claiming that both Roundup and glyphosate were perfectly safe,
going so far as say that it is “safer than table salt” and so safe, you can
“drink it”.

Based on these dubious safety claims, an estimated 75 percent of processed
foods in America contain ingredients that have been genetically engineered
to survive being sprayed with massive doses of Roundup and, if you're not
careful, your food is potentially covered with glyphosate residue.

Rather than consider growing scientific evidence of possible harm to
humans, in 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency increased allowable
limits of glyphosate residue on food crops from 200 ppm to 6,000 ppm, in
some cases. Fortunately, in 2015, the EPA is reviewing glyphosate’s
toxicity and will take the WHO announcement into consideration.

Incredibly, less than a week after Monsanto's Roundup is declared “*Probably
carcinogenic to humans”*, Congress introduces a bill to Outlaw GMO Labeling
and make it voluntary!


*Tell the EPA it’s time to get Monsanto’s Roundup off your plate, ban
glyphosate and tell Congress and the White House it’s time to label GMOs!
We need your help today. *

*http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/sign/ban_Monsantos_Roundup_Label_GMOs_now/
<http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/sign/ban_Monsantos_Roundup_Label_GMOs_now/>*

*Every voice counts!*


You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time.
<http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/cms/unsubscribe/unsubscribe/?akid=a6300909.1023482.fenfML&t=1>




-- 
"The trouble is that once you see it, you can't unsee it. And once you've
seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as
speaking out. There's no innocence. Either way, you're accountable.” Arundhati
Roy <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6134.Arundhati_Roy>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/crn/attachments/20150328/08b3428d/attachment.html