A brave mother in Argentina has been fighting to ban glyphosate for over
two decades.
Now, she has a historic opportunity to take her case to court.
Will you chip
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to help Sofía ban glyphosate in Argentina?
[ [link removed] ]Portrait of Sofía Gatica, environmental activist and 2012 Goldman Prize
recipient
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John,
Twenty years ago, a baby girl was born in a small Argentinian community.
Three days later, she passed away. The cause of her death: poisoning by
pesticides. The community is surrounded by soy fields drenched in
Monsanto’s glyphosate.
The baby’s mother, Sofía, decided to fight for justice and take on one of
the biggest companies in the world: Monsanto, sparking a decades-long
battle to ban glyphosate.
She knew her baby would not be the first or last to fall victim to
Monsanto’s pesticides. A study later revealed 80% of children in the
community had agrochemicals present in their bodies.
Sofía rallied other local mothers with similar tragedies, and now they
have a historic opportunity to take their case to court -- but they need
your help, John. To build their case, they need a
multidisciplinary team of scientists, lawyers and technicians. And they
don’t have much time, the court date is set for March.
Donating just takes a moment -- use Paypal or your card.
[ [link removed] ]Will you chip in
$1
to help Sofia ban glyphosate once and for all?
Pesticide poisoning is a huge problem in South America. A recent study
found that thousands of babies died from pesticide poisoning in Brazil,
after glyphosate in surrounding soy fields leaked into the local water
supply.
The facts are clear, but these mothers have their work cut out for them.
Monsanto won’t give up easily and will do anything they can to make sure
it can still line its coffers with profits from glyphosate.
But this is why I feel hopeful for Sofía’s fight: Incredible members like
you have proven countless times that people can win over corporate profit.
Thanks to your support, Dewayne Lee Johnson became the first person to
beat Bayer in a U.S. court over allegations that Monsanto’s Roundup causes
cancer -- and French farmer Paul François, who was poisoned by Monsanto’s
toxic chemicals, was able to win his case against Bayer-Monsanto after you
paid for him to attend Bayer’s Shareholder Meeting.
Now, Sofia and her community need your support. Every extra coin we raise
will power our campaigning against the pesticide industry -- and fight for
bans across the world.
Donating just takes a moment -- use Paypal or your card.
[ [link removed] ]Will you chip in
$1
to help affected Argentinian families beat glyphosate in court?
Thanks for all that you do,
Laura and the SumOfUs team
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More information:
[ [link removed] ]What the World's Most Controversial Herbicide Is Doing to Rural
Argentina. Longreads. 1 October 2017.
[ [link removed] ]Glyphosate Use in Agriculture and Birth Outcomes of Surrounding
Populations (PDF) IZA Institute of Labor Economics. 1 February 2019.
[ [link removed] ]One Woman’s Fight Against Glyphosate. The Goldman Environmental Prize.
15 October 2015.
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