[ [link removed] ]Photo of glyphosate pesticide container in foreground, agricultural
field in the background

This is urgent: If glyphosate is re-approved by EU governments next month,
Bayer will keep pumping out their toxic pesticide all over the world,
saying "look, it's Europe-approved"!

Tell EU governments to vote AGAINST glyphosate.


[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition 

   
John,

Bayer concealed glyphosate health risks for pregnant women and infants,
says a criminal complaint filed in 2019 in Austria that’s just been made
public now.

The evidence is damning, but the investigation could take months more, and
we don’t have that time. EU governments are due to decide on October 12 if
glyphosate is re-approved for 10 years or banned.

Together with Avaaz and WeMove and other partners we’re making a gigantic
petition to deliver before the governments vote. We almost got glyphosate
banned before – please sign and share this petition to show EU leaders
that there’s still massive public support for a ban today:

[ [link removed] ]Tell EU governments to vote to ban glyphosate for good.

Austria’s government just announced that they’ll vote against
re-authorising glyphosate, the notorious cancer-linked pesticide invented
by Monsanto. That’s great news, but we need an EU ban, and then a global
one too.

Wait, didn’t we already win this campaign? Not exactly.

Glyphosate is banned for household use in France, the Netherlands and
Belgium, but it’s still used with abandon in agriculture and forestry all
over the world. Traces of the toxic chemical are found in food we eat,
textiles we touch, and even the dust in our homes.

IARC, the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, says there’s
“strong evidence” that exposure to glyphosate is genotoxic, and that it’s
“probably carcinogenic to humans” too. But European regulators still swear
by pesticide industry studies that say it’s not so.

Glyphosate-makers say it’s safe, but they concealed one of their own
developmental neurotoxicity studies, which showed significant behavioural
impairment in young rats when their mothers were exposed to glyphosate
during pregnancy. They also failed to include many worrying independent
studies in their licence renewal application – even though the law says
they have to give a full account of what the latest science says.

We can’t wait for the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Together with our
partners we’ll deliver your voice before the crucial EU vote on October
12:

[ [link removed] ]Tell EU governments to vote to ban glyphosate for good, and not let
Bayer win again.

Ekō members helped get bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides banned in the
EU, and we’re pushing to also stop all exports of banned chemicals.
Working with trade unions, scientists, activists and academics, we’ve
helped expose the toxic influence of the agrichemical lobby around the
world, and pushed for laws to defend people and nature from their
bottomless corporate greed.

Let’s get glyphosate banned in the EU – and not stop until it’s banned all
over the world!



[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition 



Thanks for all that you do,
Eoin and the team at Ekō


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Criminal Complaint Against Bayer for Concealing Glyphosate Risks to
Pregnant Women PAN Europe. 27 September 2023.
[ [link removed] ]Glyphosate & Politics Stop Glyphosate Coalition. 1 September 2023.
[ [link removed] ]Alternatives to glyphosate Stop Glyphosate Coalition. 1 September 2023.
[ [link removed] ]'The glyphosate issue illustrates the conflict between regulatory
agencies and scientific institutions' Le Monde. 25 September 2023.

 

 

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