Friend,

The weed killer Roundup isn't worth the risk to our health or the environment.

Mounting research links Roundup exposure to cancer and other health problems. And according to a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study, the main active ingredient in Roundup -- glyphosate -- is likely to harm 93 percent of endangered species.1

But we have a chance to tell the EPA to ban this weed killer. The EPA is reviewing the weed killer's registration, and it's required to take input from the public.

Make a public comment today. Tell the EPA: Ban glyphosate unless or until it's proven safe.

Roundup exposure is dangerous for our health. The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer has determined glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic."2

In lawsuits against the maker of Roundup, thousands of Americans have alleged that glyphosate has caused their cancer.3

One couple, Alva and Alberta Pilliod, used Roundup on their home garden for years, and they both got non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. In 2019, a jury ruled that the maker of Roundup was liable for the couple's cancer.4

But more than a year later, Roundup is still on store shelves across the country.

We have to prevent Roundup from harming our health and our environment. Add your name today to advocate for a ban on Roundup.

With a new administration in office and an open public comment period on glyphosate, we have a chance to get the EPA to ban Roundup -- but we need your help.

We need to show the agency that there's widespread public support for a ban on this pesticide. The more supporters sign our public comment, the more leverage we gain to ban Roundup.

Will you take a few seconds to add your name to our public comment?

Thank you,

Faye Park
President

1. Sam Bloch, "New EPA finding: Glyphosate harms 93 percent of endangered species," The Counter, December 2, 2020.
2. International Agency for Research on Cancer, "IARC Monograph on Glyphosate," World Health Organization, March 1, 2016.
3. Sam Levin and Carey Gillam, "'The world is against them': new era of cancer lawsuits threaten Monsanto," The Guardian, October 8, 2018.
4. Sam Levin, "Monsanto must pay couple $2bn in largest verdict yet over cancer claims," The Guardian, May 13, 2019.

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