Thread: Take Action Against Dow Chemical and Monsanto ‘Agent Orange’ Crops

Take Action Against Dow Chemical and Monsanto ‘Agent Orange’ Crops

April 25, 2012 by ppjg

MorphCity.com

By Cassandra Anderson
April 24, 2012

YOU can help to hold the USDA and Dow Chemical accountable simply by posting your comments on the official public record of Dow Chemical’s petition with the USDA to approve their 2,4-D herbicide resistant GMO crops (remember that 2,4-D herbicide is half of the recipe for Agent Orange).

The USDA is required to respond to all UNIQUE comments publicly. Therefore, it is essential that you write your own message in addition to using any of the issues listed below. Comments close on April 27th, so make sure to get them in today. It’s simple to do, and you can view the list of issues and source links below. Just go to the USDA website to leave your comments and take action!

Regulations.gov

Here is a list of issues concerning the new dangerous 2,4-D herbicide resistant crops and source links that we encourage you to use, along with your own message in your comments to the USDA:

• I am demanding a full Environmental Impact Statement on these crops because they can affect human health.

• What are the cumulative effects for these crops and the increase in 2,4-D herbicide usage?

• EPA documents show that 2,4-D herbicide is the seventh largest source of dioxin in the US.

http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/REDs/24d_red.pdf

• EPA documents reveal that 2,4-D agricultural runoff has polluted groundwater across the US. Dioxin has a half-life of more than 100 years when leached into soil and embedded in water systems. Additionally, when contaminated fish are used as a food source, humans absorb dioxin.

http://www.epa.gov/teach/chem_summ/24D_summary.pdf

History: Agent Orange/Dioxin in Vietnam | The Aspen Institute

• The commercialization of GMO 2,4-D herbicide resistant crops will dramatically increase the usage of 2,4-D herbicide that is linked to dioxin to be used on food crops.

GM Crops Increase Herbicide Use in the United States

• The FDA admits that 95% of human dioxin absorption is from diet, especially animal fats. Corn and other crops are used for animal feed and dioxin levels are likely to rise in animals if they are fed 2,4-D herbicide resistant GMO crops, due to increased herbicide use.

Questions and Answers About Dioxins (May 2010)

• The EPA says that dioxin increases risk of cancer and current dioxin levels are already “uncomfortably” close to dangerous levels that can cause other health damage.

Dioxins and Furans | Persistent Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) Chemical Program | US EPA

• EPA admits that dioxin in 2,4-D causes blood, liver and kidney toxicity in addition to birth defects in lab-tested animals.

http://www.epa.gov/teach/chem_summ/24D_summary.pdf

• The Veteran’s Administration recognizes these diseases that have resulted from Agent Orange exposure (2,4-D is half of the recipe of Agent Orange):

Amyloidosis, chronic B-cell leukemias, chloracne, diabetes mellitus type 2, Hodgkin’s Disease, ischemic heart disease, multiple myeloma, Non-Hodgkins lymphoma, Parkinson’s Disease, peripheral neuropathy, liver dysfunction, prostate cancer, respiratory cancers (including lung), soft tissue sarcomas and birth defects in subsequent generations.

Veterans' Diseases Associated with Agent Orange - Public Health

• The USDA has failed to require tests of how 2,4-D herbicide and Monsanto’s glyphosate herbicide interact synergistically in the environment and in humans, which may present a real danger.

Take Action on the USDA Website:

Regulations.gov

Please note that your comments should contain a personal message by you (instead of a form letter) so that it is counted as a unique message requiring a respons from the USDA. It’s also important to be aware that only your name, city and country are required information, the rest of your personal information like your home address and e-mail are voluntary.

PERSONAL STORIES OF INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY AGENT ORANGE

Viet Nam Veteran suffers from cancer and heart disease. His daughter is afflicted with birth defects. He explains how Viet Nam Veterans were exposed to Agent Orange.

Vietnam Veteran suffers from ischemic heart disease and is receiving aid from the Veterans Administration that now recognizes this disease is linked to dioxin exposure from Agent Orange.

Vietnamese family struggles with 2 children that have severe birth defects from Agent Orange. Currently, many children are still being born with serious Agent Orange birth defects in Vietnam.

Daughter of Vietnam Veteran who died from a heart attack at age 56 describes her injuries resulting from Agent Orange in the second generation.

Please do your part to stop the USDA from approving these dangerous crops! Here’s the link again:

Regulations.gov



Take Action Against Dow Chemical and Monsanto ‘Agent Orange’ Crops « The PPJ Gazette

Prevention magazine did an article on the dangers of GMO in April, 2012 issue.

The list the top GMO food crops to stay away from in stores.
Corn
soybeans
canola
cottenseed
sugar beets
Hawaiian papaya
some zucchini
and yellow squash

Look for "Non-GMO Project" seal
Some companies are doing.

Use the NON-GMO SHOPPING GUIDE
This is an online guide and free phone APP
and it takes the guesswork out of grocery shopping.


http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com/

SHOP with GM-Free Retailers
Two large chains are Whole Foods Market
and Trader Joe's.
These two retailers have banned GMO products from their stores.