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There are only a few hours left to double your impact to save monarch
butterflies! Donate $27 or more NOW and help stop Monsanto from wiping out the monarchs!
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Monarch butterflies are in trouble. They’ve declined by 90% in the last 20
years. And a key culprit is the massive increase in the use of glyphosate --
a.k.a. Monsanto’s Roundup®.
The math is simple: More Roundup® = less milkweed = fewer monarchs.
And it’s not just monarchs that are suffering. Glyphosate is dangerous to humans
as well. Studies show that glyphosate is so widely-sprayed on our food that many
of us consume it with nearly every meal.
At Friends of the Earth, we’re working to get this toxic pesticide out of our
food system and shift to organic agriculture -- but we need your help.
This Giving Tuesday, donate $27 or more and help stop Monsanto from wiping out
the monarchs! Your impact will be doubled, and your donation matched up to
$150,000.
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[[link removed]]Over the last two decades, what used to be a flood of butterflies migrating to
Mexico each year has dwindled to a trickle.
At the same time, the amount of Roundup® being used each year has increased
dramatically. Use jumped from only 11 million pounds in 1987 to nearly 300
million pounds every year by 2016.
It’s no wonder our butterflies are in trouble. And the near-ubiquitous use of
Roundup® is bad for us as well -- In addition to cancer, glyphosate has been
linked to endocrine disruption, DNA damage, decreased sperm function, and a host
of other alarming health concerns.
The evidence is clear: we must stop supporting a food system built on toxic
pesticides like Roundup® and transition to a future of organic for all.
But instead, the Trump administration has given Monsanto and Big Ag the green
light to pollute our environment, make us sick, and wipe out monarch
butterflies. The EPA is still letting Big Ag douse our food in this toxic
chemical -- and is now considering approving a brand new toxic pesticide --
tetraniliprole -- for mass distribution.
No matter who is president, we can’t let our government agencies get away with
putting the pesticide industry’s profits ahead of our health and environment.
Stop Monsanto from poisoning our environment and communities with Roundup®:
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[[link removed]]We’re going up against huge corporations and their powerful cronies in the
government -- the challenges we face are daunting. But with Friends of the Earth
members like you at our side, I know we can win this fight and save the monarchs
from extinction.
We have a comprehensive plan to get toxic pesticides out of our food system and
reverse this looming mass-extinction:
* We’ve conducted groundbreaking research and analysis on pesticides’ harm to
people and the planet, and shone a light on the solutions, including organic
agriculture.
* We’ve mobilized people like you to send more than 25,000 messages to Congress
supporting a bill to ban glyphosate. And our campaigners are on Capitol Hill
meeting with legislators one-on-one to keep the pressure on.
* We’re supporting multiple bills to ban pesticides. This includes the new
Protecting America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act of 2020. It also
includes a bill introduced by Representative Velazquez to ban neonicotinoids
in wildlife refuges. This bill would reverse Trump’s egregious decision to
use these pesticides in our protected wild places, and restore this critical
monarch and bee habitat.
* We’re working at the state and local levels to protect pollinators from
pesticides. Last year, New York and Vermont passed bills to ban
pollinator-toxic pesticides like neonics and chlorpyrifos, and California
announced a new plan to ban chlorpyrifos.
* We’re continuing work in five other states to pass bills to ban toxic
pesticides, including glyphosate. Plus, we’re working with cities to pass
policies to ban this and other toxic pesticides.
* We’re pushing retailers to eliminate pesticides, including glyphosate, from
their supply chains. We’ve sent over 157,000 signatures telling Lowe’s and
Home Depot to end their sales of glyphosate. We have already secured
pollinator protection policies from six of the top US food retailers,
including three of the largest, Kroger, Costco and Albertsons, along with
Aldi and Rite Aid. Just before we released our Bee-Friendly Retailer
Scorecard, Giant Eagle came out with a leading policy to eliminate neonics in
its produce supply chain. But the commitments don’t go far enough to save
bees and butterflies. So we’re going to keep pushing these and other leading
supermarkets to do better on pesticides and increase their organic offerings.
These actions won’t only help monarchs. Bees and other insects are dying at
alarming rates. Scientists are warning if we don’t stem insect decline, we could
soon face the “catastrophic collapse of nature’s ecosystems” -- a mass
extinction. We must rapidly reduce our use of pesticides if we are to save these
crucial species.
You know that when we work together, we can move mountains. Together, you and I
have already transformed the garden industry, including convincing Home Depot,
Lowe’s, Costco, True Value, Ace Hardware and Walmart to eliminate bee-killing
pesticides in garden plants.
Imagine what we can do for the monarchs over the coming months! But we’ve got to
act fast, before these beautiful and iconic pollinators disappear forever.
Make a generous Giving Tuesday contribution today and help Friends of the Earth
save the monarchs and our food system! Donate now and your gift will be matched
dollar-for-dollar -- up to $150,000!
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[[link removed]]Thank you,
Kendra Klein, PhD,
Senior staff scientist,
Friends of the Earth
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