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Ronnie Cummins on Turning the Tide Against Monsanto

Story at-a-glance

• Between October 18 and November 5, Washington State voters will mail in their ballots for the people's initiative 522, "The People's Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act." Your support is urgently needed
• Mounting peer-reviewed research reveals a wide variety of health hazards associated with consuming genetically engineered foods and the chemicals that accompany these crops
• Part of the original industry rationale for using GE crops was that they could be sprayed with less toxic herbicides, such as Roundup—which was touted as harmless and biodegradable
• Now, mounting research reveals that Roundup may actually be one of the most toxic chemicals ever to enter our food supply
• 49 percent of American farmers are now battling Roundup resistant weeds in their corn- and soy fields. In an effort to get rid of them, they’re resorting to ever-increasing amounts of Roundup and more toxic herbicides such as 2,4-D and Dicamba