No GMOs Stop Monsanto’s Attacks
on Safe Food Laws
Beyond continu- ing its well-docu- mented opposition to genetically modified (GMO) labeling laws in order to protect its corporate inter- ests, Monsanto has recently launched
aggressive backdoor attacks on organic and non-GMO farmers and consumers. The corporation’s rider attached to the U.S. House of Representatives’ 2013 Ag- riculture Appropriations Bill would allow planting of new genetically engineered (GE) crops—even when courts rule that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved them illegally. Now, Monsanto has slipped an even more dangerous provision, HR 872, into the house version of the Farm Bill. This so-called Reducing Regula- tory Burdens Act would stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from reviewing new and expanded uses of pesticides (often caused by the introduc- tion of herbicide-resistant GMO crops) and require the USDA to approve GE crops easier and faster.
Most GMO crops have been genetically engineered to withstand spraying with herbicides whose toxic ingredients remain in the plants and then enter the environment and food chain. The American Academy of Environmental Medicine links GMO foods with adverse health effects, and the President’s Cancer Panel Report advises against choosing foods grown with pesticides, herbicides and chemi- cal fertilizers.
Join with millions of other con- cerned consumers and national organiza- tions, such as the Organic Consumers As- sociation, Center for Food Safety, United Farm Workers, American Public Health Association, Sierra Club, Rainforest Ac- tion Network and Institute for Respon- sible Technology, to safeguard our food supply and environment. Tell Congress to remove Monsanto’s toxic provisions.
Take action to protect citizens’ food at
Tinyurl.com/StopMonsantoNow.
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