The World Health Organization says that Monsanto's glyphosate, the main ingredient in the most widely used pesticide in America, probably causes cancer.1
So why is the EPA allowing it to be sprayed all over our public parks, schools, and the farms that grow our food?2
President Obama's EPA was asked to research the health risks of glyphosate starting way back in 2009 -- literally just months after Obama first took office. But seven and a half years later, we're still waiting for that risk assessment to be finished.3
Enough is enough. The evidence is growing that Monsanto's glyphosate is a danger to our health. Prudence demands that the EPA take it off the market.
Will you chip in to help demand that the EPA stops the use of Monsanto's glyphosate pesticide until it's proven safe?
The EPA's risk assessment for glyphosate was originally supposed to be completed in 2015, six years after it began. But that deadline was missed. Now we're told that it might not even be completed by the end of President Obama's second term.
Why all these delays? There's no good explanation. But Monsanto has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years on lobbying, campaign contributions, and advertising to influence public opinion.4
That's why we need to rally the grassroots and demand an end to the foot-dragging. These delays serve only to give Monsanto more time to sell a chemical that hasn't been proven safe and that probably causes cancer.
Will you chip in to help get glyphosate off the market until it's proven safe?
Glyphosate is everywhere in our environment and in our bodies. One study found that a stunning 93 percent of people tested positive for the chemical, and it's been detected in more than half of our rivers and streams.5,6
We're talking about a probable human carcinogen. And it's everywhere.
Environment Massachusetts' national network is working all over the country to protect the environment -- to save bees and other pollinators from extinction, build support for 100% renewable energy, and keep our public lands out of the hands of privatizers, mining companies and oil and gas drillers.
But President Obama only has a few months left in office, and we're pushing hard to get his administration to take action on glyphosate before he goes. Will you chip in today?
Thanks for making it all possible.
Yours,
Ben Hellerstein
Environment Massachusetts Director
1. Q&A on Glyphosate, International Agency for Research on Cancer, March 1, 2016
2. Weed-Whacking Herbicide Proves Deadly to Human Cells, Scientific American, June 23, 2009
3. What Is Going On With Glyphosate? EPA's Odd Handling of Controversial Chemical, Huffington Post, May 2, 2016
4. Monsanto outspends all other agribusinesses on efforts to persuade Congress and the public to maintain the industrial agriculture status quo., Union of Concerned Scientists, accessed August 10, 2016
5. Glyphosate ‘Revolution' Growing — Consumers Want Answers, Huffington Post, May 24, 2016
6. What Do We Really Know About Roundup Weed Killer?, National Geographic, April 23, 2015
So why is the EPA allowing it to be sprayed all over our public parks, schools, and the farms that grow our food?2
President Obama's EPA was asked to research the health risks of glyphosate starting way back in 2009 -- literally just months after Obama first took office. But seven and a half years later, we're still waiting for that risk assessment to be finished.3
Enough is enough. The evidence is growing that Monsanto's glyphosate is a danger to our health. Prudence demands that the EPA take it off the market.
Will you chip in to help demand that the EPA stops the use of Monsanto's glyphosate pesticide until it's proven safe?
The EPA's risk assessment for glyphosate was originally supposed to be completed in 2015, six years after it began. But that deadline was missed. Now we're told that it might not even be completed by the end of President Obama's second term.
Why all these delays? There's no good explanation. But Monsanto has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years on lobbying, campaign contributions, and advertising to influence public opinion.4
That's why we need to rally the grassroots and demand an end to the foot-dragging. These delays serve only to give Monsanto more time to sell a chemical that hasn't been proven safe and that probably causes cancer.
Will you chip in to help get glyphosate off the market until it's proven safe?
Glyphosate is everywhere in our environment and in our bodies. One study found that a stunning 93 percent of people tested positive for the chemical, and it's been detected in more than half of our rivers and streams.5,6
We're talking about a probable human carcinogen. And it's everywhere.
Environment Massachusetts' national network is working all over the country to protect the environment -- to save bees and other pollinators from extinction, build support for 100% renewable energy, and keep our public lands out of the hands of privatizers, mining companies and oil and gas drillers.
But President Obama only has a few months left in office, and we're pushing hard to get his administration to take action on glyphosate before he goes. Will you chip in today?
Thanks for making it all possible.
Yours,
Ben Hellerstein
Environment Massachusetts Director
1. Q&A on Glyphosate, International Agency for Research on Cancer, March 1, 2016
2. Weed-Whacking Herbicide Proves Deadly to Human Cells, Scientific American, June 23, 2009
3. What Is Going On With Glyphosate? EPA's Odd Handling of Controversial Chemical, Huffington Post, May 2, 2016
4. Monsanto outspends all other agribusinesses on efforts to persuade Congress and the public to maintain the industrial agriculture status quo., Union of Concerned Scientists, accessed August 10, 2016
5. Glyphosate ‘Revolution' Growing — Consumers Want Answers, Huffington Post, May 24, 2016
6. What Do We Really Know About Roundup Weed Killer?, National Geographic, April 23, 2015
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