A Soy Shot in the Dark
By Lane Brooks
Stop Agent Orange Corn Before It Reaches Your Plate!
We’ve been focused on our campaign to tell the nation’s largest grocery retailer – Walmart – to not carry Monsanto’s GE corn because it is unlabeled, untested and potententially unhealthy. We’ve had hard hitting actions, a call-in day that closed down Walmart’s customer service lines with the volume of calls, and even a fun Facebook campaign. (We also just released a report that shows why Walmart can’t fix the food system.)
Unfortunately, corn is not the only thing on Monsanto’s menu of Frankenfoods. Now they want a new GE soybean, but like the corn, this soybean has not been tested enough to prove it’s safe – which is especially weird since it will be marketed as “healthier” due to the Omega-3 engineered in. Is it healthier for human consumption? Is it healthier for the environment it’s grown in? Since it hasn’t been thoroughly tested, there is no way to know for certain. Tell the USDA not to approve this soy shot in the dark.
Parting thoughts:
Do you live in Nevada? Check out the real story on the unsustainable, multibillion-dollar water pipeline under discussion for your state. You can probably think of a better use for that money – I know I can.
Do you live in Alaska (or love wild salmon)? Wild salmon depend on the watershed from the 17,000 square-mile Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska. But it’s being endangered with excess logging and too little conservation and restoration. Help protect the Tongass.
Lane Brooks is Chief Operating Officer
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