I am a wild horse advocate and a
Monarch butterfly monitor in NH. The monarch population has crashed and is 10% of what it was only a few years ago. I have watched them for 40 years and last year only recorded 3 in NH…
Both the wild horse and the Monarch, milkweed and bees are the “canary in the minefields” of America’s public lands and central farmlands. They are harbingers of what is to come if we don’t watch out for nature…our future will hang in the balance, too. We must save these wild ones and stop Monsanto’s GMOs and Agent Orange concoctions of herbicides, pesticides, and corn, soy and lawn seed immediately. Even Europe and Mexico have laws to prohibit this poison. Please write to Congress and Senators to voice your concern now.
To: EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy
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of 100,000 signatures
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Campaign created by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree 
Monsanto's Roundup has already contributed to the widespread collapse of Monarch butterflies, a major pollinating species. Now Dow Chemical wants to start selling an even more toxic herbicide and GMO corn combination that will be more devastating to this important species. We urge you not to approve the use of this new herbicide.
Why is this important?
The widespread use of Monsanto's Roundup herbicide has wiped out milkweed -- the primary food for Monarch butterflies -- in many parts of the country, leading to the widespread collapse of the species. And now it's about to get even worse. Dow Chemical is seeking approval from the Environmental Protection Agency for a new toxic cocktail -- glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, and "2,4-D," a component of Agent Orange -- to go along with the GMO corn and soybeans they have developed. Some experts believe if Dow's new herbicide product is approved, we could see a 25-to-50 fold increase in use of this milkweed-destroying chemical. This would be simply devastating to the remaining Monarch population and to our entire ecosystem. That's why we must act now to prevent the EPA from approving this dangerous chemical combination. The public comment period at the EPA ends on June 30, 2014 so this is our chance to convince the EPA to deny Dow's application. Will you join me and demand EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy deny Dow's application for this toxic combination? There are numerous human health risks associated with this new herbicide that are being debated -- but the damage that glyphosate has already done to Monarch butterflies is staggering. In 1996, an estimated 1 billion Monarch butterflies migrating to a pine valley in Mexico covered nearly 50 acres. Last year they covered the area about the size of a football field. This rapid decline in migrating Monarchs closely follows an increase in the use of genetically modified crops and the accompanying increase in the use of Monsanto's herbicide Roundup. Although supporters of genetically modified crops promised they would lead to a decrease in the use of herbicides, in fact just the opposite has happened. Between 1996 and 2012, the use of the herbicide Roundup has increased 10 fold. ----- References: --
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