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EPA Comments on 2,4D & Glyphosate Action Alert

Action Alert:

EPA is taking comments about approving 2,4 D and glyphosate combo

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/2-4-d-glyphosate.html

From Dr. Mercola, who summed it up well:

"Agent Orange is no longer produced -- so why am I bringing it up now?
Because Dow AgroSciences (a subsidiary of Dow Chemicals), who was one of the original manufacturers of Agent Orange (AO), has developed a new generation of genetically modified (GM) crops -- soybeans, corn and cotton -- that are designed to resist a major ingredient in AO: the herbicide called 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D).
The use of 2,4-D, however, is not new, as it is actually one of the most widely used herbicides in the world.
What is new – and disturbingly so – is that now that staple crops like soy and corn have been engineered to be resistant to 2,4-D, it may soon be applied to U.S. arable land on an unprecedented scale -- not unlike its indiscriminate application during Vietnam.
The whole point of engineering resistance to an herbicide within a GMO plant, of course, is so that you can "carpet bomb" an entire field, leaving only your "Frankenfoods" standing, without having to exert even a fraction of the effort required raise crops organically and sustainably.
In fact, if 2,4-D resistant crops receive approval and eventually come to replace Monsanto's failing Roundup-resistant crops as Dow intends, it is likely that billions of pounds will be needed, on top of the already insane levels of Roundup now being used (1.6 billion lbs were used in 2007 in the US alone!)."

Herbicide use in action. 

 

What the Action Alert??

Heed the Action Alerts! 

They are often actions you can do from the comfort of your own home or office-- Petitions, comments, letter writing, postcard drives--- every voice counts. Together we are making a huge difference.

Dr. Oz Talks GMOs

GMOs are getting some airtime on the mainstream, I really like how he illustrates how the engineering has not stopped our use of pesticides, but increased them exponentially.

Most folks want to chose have a choice in feeding their families foods with GMO ingredients or foods with low pesticide use. GMOs came onto the market with the promise of higher yields, lower pesticide use. Yields on GMO crops fall after an initial increase, pesticide use has increased, super-weeds circumvent the Round Up (glyphosate) being sprayed on them and several insects have evolved to survive the pesticide sprays and the Bt crops that produce their own internal pesticides. Nature seems to find a way. 

Free trade is not FAIR

Monsanto wants FREE trade to control our food.

 

The TPP is "Free" Trade NOT Fair Trade 

Fair Trade VIDEO: http://youtu.be/Gz0Rv-65pTU 

Current "free" trade agreements harm family farmers and workers! Learn how you can support Fair Trade brands and policies that place people before profits. Share this video to help get others involved!
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If you're inspired get involved:
http://bit.ly/QnzfEY
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More info on TPP: Expose the TPP - USA ..
Fair World Project ... www.exposethetpp.org

Monsanto Sustainability

From GMO Free USA:

The path has been cleared in Nitro, West Virginia, for the settlement of Superfund litigation against Monsanto for $93 million. The lawsuit relates to a Monsanto facility that produced Agent Orange and released toxic dioxin into a residential community, exposing thousands of people and contaminating their homes. The settlement includes long term medical monitoring of community residents and cleanup of their properties. The settlement also would allow residents to retain their right to file personal-injury lawsuits against Monsanto if medical tests turn up illnesses potentially related to dioxin exposure. Attorneys for the community, who are challenging the settlement, have 25 days to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider their petition. Medical monitoring and cleanup could start as soon as next month.

This is another great example of what Monsanto calls sustainability. Should this company be messing with our food?

READ: http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20140407/GZ01/140409417/1101

Action Alert Dark Act

Please Sign, Call, Email & Share!!!

The Pompeo bill has been introduced, appropriately nick named: "The DARK Act" Denying Americans' Right-to-Know. Don't let them kill all of our GMO Labeling Efforts!!

Congressman Mike Pompeo of Kansas has introduced a bill that would ban states from passing GE food labeling laws and make “voluntary labeling” the law of the land. Tell Congress NOT to support this corporate bill "The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act" (LOL at the name, right?)

✎ Sign ✎ Don't let Congress deny your right to know: Oppose the DARK act!

http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/1881/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13694

Pompeo just announced that he has introduced the bill on his Facebook page!

Let him know how you feel!
https://www.facebook.com/CongressmanPompeo/posts/600682083342340

☎ Call, Fax and Email Your Reps:

Find your representatives by Zip Code:
http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
or Toll Free (877) 762-8762.

✎ Sign ✎ Stop Rep. Pompeo from Supporting the Food Industry’s Bill to Preempt GMO Labeling Laws! (You may include your own comments or links)
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13596

✎ Sign ✎ Defend States' Rights to Label GMOs! Sign the Petition to Monsanto's Man in Congress, Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.)
https://www.causes.com/actions/1768714-sign-the-petition-to-monsantos-man-in-congress-rep-mike-pompeo-r-kan

✎ Sign ✎ If you live in KANSAS: Tell Rep. Pompeo: Don’t Sponsor a Bill to Kill GMO Labeling Laws!
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13621

☑ Kansas, be sure you Un-Elect Mike!

and don't forget to 'thank' the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) members like Kraft, Nestle, General Mills etc... They are the ones sponsoring this bill, probably wrote every word of it and spend many millions to fight our labeling efforts. They took the list of members down but it can be found here: http://goo.gl/m7kC8B as of June 30. 2013. 

Oh and don't forget to March Against Monsanto May 24! 
http://www.march-against-monsanto.com
https://www.facebook.com/MarchAgainstMonstanto

Short Link to this post for posting or tweeting!

http://tinyurl.com/DarkAct

READ: GMO bill reignites labeling fight
http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/business/203106-gmo-bill-reignites-labeling-fight#ixzz2yQTN0gKq

Via Center for Food Safety

https://www.facebook.com/centerforfoodsafety/photos/a.89489717758.87519.80060992758/10152067893092759/

Bees Over Poison Profits

What kind of company has this sort of power, to subvert the will of the People and Governments? 

Who can rescind a law??

SAVE THE BEES.
Have you signed the petition yet?

Sign the petition: http://action.sumofus.org/a/bayer-bees-lawsuit/