Glyphosate
is a toxic chemical used in the now-infamous weedkiller
RoundUp, created by Monsanto and its parent corporation,
Bayer. It's become an extremely controversial chemical,
because hundreds of thousands of people have
come forward to reveal they developed cancer after being
exposed to RoundUp.
But Bayer wants to
protect itself from having to pay people who were
poisoned by RoundUp. So right now it is intensifying its
lobbying efforts with U.S. lawmakers. It's also
outright written a piece of legislation for the
U.S. Congress, one that would insulate Bayer from
accountability.
This
is a clear conflict of interest, and deeply corrupt. No
corporation should be allowed to write laws for
Congress, and certainly not laws that protect themselves
from justice.
The
effects of weedkillers like RoundUp can be found
everywhere. Research has
discovered traces of it lingering on the foods we buy,
including products like cereals and oats, as
well in our water supplies, in our bodies, and even in
human sperm.
The
World Health Organization's division on cancer research
concluded that glyphosate is likely carcinogenic
— in other words, a cancer-causing toxin. In
the U.S., Bayer has stated it has faced 170,000
claims of RoundUp-related cancer, and that's
just from agricultural workers.
Many
countries have restricted or even outright banned its
use. This includes Vietnam, Mexico, France, Germany, the
Netherlands, Belgium, Costa Rica, and more. But
the U.S. has still not banned glyphosate yet, because
lobbying efforts by parent company Bayer have been
extremely effective.
We cannot let
Monsanto write legislation for Congress, and we
certainly cannot let it inoculate itself from being held
accountable for its own dangerous, toxic chemicals! Sign
the petition!
