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Omaha Steve

(99,073 posts)
Sat Mar 21, 2015, 10:03 AM Mar 2015

Help save monarch butterflies E petition to EPA & USDA


Thanks to Thom Hartman for this info: http://www.thomhartmann.com/users/telliottmbamsc/blog/2014/03/monsanto%E2%80%99s-gmo-crops-wiping-out-monarch


Sign here: http://action.foe.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15177

The monarch butterfly is in serious trouble. The spread of GMO crops and accompanying pesticides have been wiping out the young monarch's key food source, milkweed. But you can help!

Add your name to our petition calling on the EPA and USDA to stop approving pesticide-resistant genetically engineered crops and to instead promote non-toxic pest and weed management to the benefit of farmers, our health, our ecosystems and the precious monarch butterfly.

Dear USDA and EPA administrators,

North America’s monarch butterfly population has been in steep decline in recent years, and the number of monarchs arriving at their ancient overwintering grounds in Mexico has reached the lowest level on record. The monarch's sharp decline has been linked to the massive increase in the planting of genetically engineered herbicide-tolerant crops and the accompanying increase in the herbicide Roundup™ (glyphosate) over the last decade, which has decimated the only food monarch larvae will eat, milkweed.

Without protecting critical breeding habitat, monarch populations stand little chance of recovery. I strongly urge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to protect monarch butterflies by stopping the approval of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready™ and other herbicide resistant genetically engineered crops. I also urge these agencies to promote non-toxic pest and weed management which will benefit farmers, our health, our ecosystems and the precious monarch butterfly.

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