Tell your state representative: Support legislation to ban Roundup today. |
Anonymous,
Bayer is going to pay $10 billion to settle with 95,000 plaintiffs who claim its Roundup weed killer causes cancer.1 But the company still refuses to acknowledge the dangers of glyphosate, a key ingredient in Roundup.2
A weed killer that's supposed to make our lives easier shouldn't be allowed to put our health at risk. That's why we're working to ban Roundup.
Both the World Health Organization's cancer research agency and the state of California have found that glyphosate is linked to cancer.3,4 But despite these findings, Roundup and other glyphosate-based weed killers are still available on store shelves, putting consumers at risk.
In 2014 alone, more than 26 million pounds of glyphosate were sprayed on parks, playgrounds and gardens in the U.S.5
To make matters worse, the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) still refuses to acknowledge the dangers of glyphosate.6 And EPA Administrator Wheeler even called California's proposal to require that glyphosate products carry a warning label, "irresponsible."7
It's clear that we can't wait for the EPA to act. We need states to take the lead on protecting consumers from exposure to glyphosate. And your state can be next.
It's time for states to get Roundup off store shelves. Add your name today.
Thank you,
Faye Park
President
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1. Patricia Cohen, "Roundup Maker to Pay $10 Billion to Settle Cancer Suits," New York Times, June 24, 2020.
2. Patricia Cohen, "Roundup Maker to Pay $10 Billion to Settle Cancer Suits," New York Times, June 24, 2020.
3. International Agency for Research on Cancer, "IARC Monograph on Glyphosate," World Health Organization, March 1, 2016.
4. California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, "Glyphosate Listed Effective July 7, 2017, as Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer," Government of California, June 26, 2017.
5. Charles M. Benbrook, "Trends in Glyphosate Herbicide Use in the United States and Globally," Environmental Sciences Europe, February 2, 2016.
6. Tom Polansek, "U.S. EPA Reaffirms that Glyphosate Does Not Cause Cancer," Reuters, January 30, 2020.
7. Adam Beam, "EPA Won't Approve Warning Labels for Roundup Chemical," Associated Press, August 9, 2019.
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