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Thu Mar 12, 2009 at 10:13:13 AM PDT
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I received this in the mail today and requested (& received) permission to post it here.
Please help spread this nationwide....Quickly!!
Good Folks,
The USDA is debating a proposed rule that would end all of the already too little testing conducted before new genetically modified crops (GMO's) are introduced. This would be the best thing to happen to Monsanto since Dan Quayle's committee decided that GMO crops should be assumed to be safe. GMO's have been proven to be unsafe, and the UDSA needs to hear from you to remind them of this. The health of our planet is at stake!
Take Action Now. Go to http://ga3.org/campaign/APHIS2 to tell the USDA that new GMO crops need more testing, not less!!!
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Thu Dec 18, 2008 at 08:05:42 AM PST
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Do your household products contain pesticides that have serious human and environmental health impacts?
Your bathroom and medicine cabinet may be filled with hand soaps, toothbrushes, toothpaste and mouthwash which may contain triclosan, a pesticide marketed as an antimicrobial chemical and found in a wide range of consumer products.
Even more alarming is that your bathroom isn't the only room in your house where triclosan may be lurking! This pesticide is often in dish and laundry detergents, fabrics, children's toys, clothing and shoes!
Go sign the petition here: http://action.foodandwaterwatc...
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Sun Nov 30, 2008 at 00:38:56 AM PST
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It certainly isn't news that giant factory farming operations have long taken advantage of loopholes in federal organic laws - Horizon "Organics" and Aurora Dairy come to mind first and foremost. It's been years in the making, but USDA last month published a draft rule that would seem to put an end to those practices.
Problem is, they also took the opportunity at the same time to rewrite the existing organic livestock standards; and only allowed a 60-day public comment period on these complex, sweeping new proposals...which said period also happens to coincide with the Fall Harvest and the busy Thanksgiving and December holiday season. Many of these changes will affect small family farmers who don't have teams of lawyers on staff full-time, and the organizations doing their best to represent them have needed the past month just to fully understand the effects of these proposed changes.
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