Roundup has been linked to cancer. Tell the EPA: We need to ban it, unless and until independent research proves it safe. |
Friend,
You might have a bottle of a carcinogenic weed killer in your own garage.
Scientists at the World Health Organization call glyphosate, the main active ingredient in the widely-used herbicide Roundup, a "probable carcinogen" -- but that hasn't stopped glyphosate from becoming the most widely-used agricultural chemical ever.1
Nearly 1.8 million tons of it have been used in the U.S. since its introduction in 1974.2
This dangerous stuff is almost impossible to avoid-- even if you don't use it in your own lawn or garden, traces of glyphosate have been detected everywhere from ice cream and children's cereal to beer and wine.3
To protect our families' health, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) needs to ban glyphosate unless and until it's proven safe.
Tell the EPA you support a ban on glyphosate today.
Why does the EPA permit the widespread use of Roundup? So far, the EPA and many other decision makers have largely been taking chemical manufacturers at their word when they claim their product is safe.
But Monsanto -- recently purchased by Bayer -- has not been transparent about the potential health effects of Roundup. In 2017, Monsanto was caught ghost-writing studies for "independent scientists" to show that glyphosate, the main ingredient, is safe.4
As long as significant doubt remains as to whether glyphosate is completely safe, we shouldn't be spraying this chemical on food, around our homes, and near the places where our children learn and play.
If you've taken action with PIRG before, you know that we can make a difference.
Together, we've won bans on dangerous pesticides before. We sent over 27,000 messages to the EPA urging the agency to ban the brain-damaging pesticide chlorpyrifos -- and it worked. Last year, the agency announced a ban on most uses of the harmful chemical.5
We know we can win on glyphosate, too -- but to get there, we need your support, Friend.
Take action today to oppose the sale of glyphosate and keep our communities safe from Roundup.
Thank you,
Faye Park
President
1. "IARC Monograph on Glyphosate," International Agency for Research on Cancer World Health Organization, January 3, 2016.
2. Douglas Main, "Glyphosate Now the Most-Used Agricultural Chemical Ever," Newsweek, February 2, 2016.
3. Kara Cook, "Glyphosate Pesticide in Beer and Wine," U.S. PIRG Education Fund, February 2019.
4. Peter Waldman, Tiffany Stecker, and Joel Rosenblatt, "Monsanto Was Its Own Ghostwriter for Some Safety Reviews," Bloomberg, August 9, 2017.
5. Coral Davenport, "E.P.A. to Block Pesticide Tied to Neurological Harm in Children," The New York Times, August 18, 2021.
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