Stop Agent Orange GMOs!

Tell USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack Not to Approve New 2,4-D-Resistant GMO Crops

Remember Agent Orange? The 2,4-D chemical concoction commissioned by the U.S. Army to defoliate jungles and destroy food crops during the Vietnam War? It could soon be coming to a grocery store near you. Within a week, the USDA could approve Dow's new "Enlist" brand corn, genetically engineered to resist massive doses of the herbicide 2,4-D. Unless we stop it.

The list of reasons to tell USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to reject Dow’s Agent Orange Corn is long. A large body of evidence indicates major health problems result from exposure to 2,4-D, including cancer, reproductive problems, neurotoxicity, and auto-immune disorders. And 2,4-D is devastating to the environment. It’s currently the seventh largest source of dioxin pollution in the US. The use of this toxic herbicide is projected to increase 50-fold if the USDA approves this crop.

The USDA has already received more than 450,000 comments opposing Dow's new GE corn. But it has a long history of avoiding protests and bad press by issuing unpopular decisions right before the holidays.

Thanks to Michael Taylor, a former Monsanto lobbyist who now heads up the FDA, genetically engineered foods don't have to be safety tested or labeled. Worse yet, the FDA conducts no premarket review or approval, as long as the biotech company concludes that the genetically engineered food is not "materially different" from normal food. That essentially means a rubber stamp for  Dow's Agent Orange corn. Soon, we'll be eating unlabeled corn engineered with genes from a soil bacterium that isn't killed by 2,4-D -- something we've never eaten before and that's never been safety tested.

Please take action today to stop new 2,4-D resistant genetically engineered crops!



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Number Date Name Location Comments
76387 3 hours ago Amanda Albuquerque Sao Paulo, ot
76386 3 hours ago Tiara Westcott Austin, TX
76385 6 hours ago Michael First Imlay City, MI Want to end this craziness? Vote out the politicians allowing this to happen. We need representatives who represent the public citizen not the corporate citizen. Power to the people!
76384 14 hours ago Anonymous Fort Collins, CO Help in the stop of killing the human race!! FUCK MONSANTO/ GMO/ And all government agencies who support them and let this epidemic poison us
76383 1 day ago Anonymous Detroit, MI Agent Orange?! They're crazy!
76382 3 days ago r M CALGARY, AB At what point is the destruction of humanity considered a crime, an act of terror! This insanity has to stop and as a believer that knowledge brings with it empowerment i am personally committed to...
76381 3 days ago Tina Fox Duluth MN, MN FUCK MONSANTO!
76380 3 days ago Danielle Pannullo Providence, Select a state
76379 4 days ago Adonis Jordan Ogden, UT We will not sit quietly and let MONSANTO destroy our health and our fields. This is just the beginning.
76378 4 days ago Elan Allende Dorado, PR
76377 5 days ago Sarah Haines South Acworth, NH
76376 6 days ago Kelly Merrick Moore, OK
76375 1 week ago Jennifer Street Traverse City, MI
76374 1 week ago cheryl greenwood Kailua Kona, HI insanity to poison our land with this contaminant
76373 1 week ago Jacob Barney Santaquin, UT
76372 1 week ago Kimberly Tingle MOORESVILLE, IN
76371 1 week ago Anonymous Morrison, CO NOTHING is safe for human consumption - tell me Feds, what do YOU feed your families, other than greed from killing the rest of us???!!!!

**AMERICA SAYS NO TO GMO!!!!**
76370 1 week ago Anonymous Kailua Kona, HI
76369 1 week ago cheryl greenwood Kailua Kona, HI this is a terrible idea that must not be allowed
76368 1 week ago Pattie Freeman HI
76367 1 week ago Sherry Davis San Jose, CA
76366 1 week ago Kathleen Gordon Chambersburg, PA
76365 1 week ago Amy Kline FL
76364 1 week ago Donnie Kline FL
76363 1 week ago Brad Botsch Scottsdale, AZ
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