Toxic Strawberry Shortcake?!
source: http://figrd.blogspot.com/2011/04/is-your-strawberry-shortcake-toxic-stop.html
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Stop the Use of Methyl Iodide for Your Strawberries!
We Have Until April 30th to Stop the Use of Poison on Our Strawberries!
Will strawberry shortcake become known for causing cancer, birth defects and miscarriages? California, the state where 90 percent of U.S. strawberries are grown, approved the use of a highly toxic chemical for strawberry fields last year. We've got a chance to get this chemical banned at the federal level, but we need to get your comments in by April 30th. Can you take action to stop the use of methyl iodide for strawberries?
A panel of Nobel laureates and expert scientists called methyl iodide, "one of the most toxic chemicals used in manufacturing," and even though it was banned in Washington state, California approved its use on strawberry fields last year. The use of methyl iodide can cause significant problems for people, including cancer, miscarriages and brain damage in children.
California's decision has prompted a national Environmental Protection Agency review of methyl iodide, so we have an important opportunity to ban this chemical once and for all.
It's time to put our health and our children's health before the profits of the pesticide industry. They should be finding safer, healthier ways to produce strawberries instead of introducing more toxins into our bodies and our environment.
Sign the petition against the use of methyl iodide on our strawberries:
http://action.foodandwaterwatch.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6659
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Thanks for taking action,
via: The good people at Food & Water Watch and used by permission
Elanor Starmer
Western Region Director
Food & Water Watch
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Farmworkers & Environmental Health Organizations File Methyl Iodide Lawsuit.
approval of methyl iodide for use in California on the grounds that it violates the California Environmental Quality Act, the California Birth Defects Prevention Act, and the Pesticide Contamination Prevention Act that protects groundwater against pesticide pollution. In addition, the suit contends that DPR violated the law requiring involvement of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) in the development of farmworker safety regulations and made an unlawful finding of emergency with its request for Restricted Materials status for methyl iodide.
http://www.panna.org/press-release/farmworkers-environmental-health-organization...
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figgdimension
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but your produce local and from small family farms in Ohio i recommend Icholtz's farm and Findley market for fresh produce meats and cheeses also spices and more ...
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