Twenty years ago, a baby girl was born in a small Argentinian
community. Three days later, she passed away. The cause of
her death: poisoning by pesticides. The community is
surrounded by soy fields drenched in Monsanto’s glyphosate.
The baby’s mother, Sofía, decided to fight for justice and take
on one of the biggest companies in the world: Monsanto, sparking a
decades-long battle to ban glyphosate.
She knew her baby would not be the first or last to fall victim
to Monsanto’s pesticides. A study later revealed 80% of
children in the community had agrochemicals present in their
bodies.
Sofía rallied other local mothers with similar tragedies, and now
they have a historic opportunity to take their case to
court -- but they need your help, Vladimir. To build their
case, they need a multidisciplinary team of scientists,
lawyers and technicians. And they don’t have much time, the
court date is set for March.
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Pesticide poisoning is a huge problem in South America. A recent
study found that thousands of babies died from pesticide poisoning
in Brazil, after glyphosate in surrounding soy fields leaked into
the local water supply.
The facts are clear, but these mothers have their work cut out
for them. Monsanto won’t give up easily and will do anything they
can to make sure it can still line its coffers with profits from
glyphosate.
But this is why I feel hopeful for Sofía’s fight:
Incredible members like you have proven countless times that people
can win over corporate profit.
Thanks to your support, Dewayne Lee Johnson became the
first person to beat Bayer in a U.S. court over allegations
that Monsanto’s Roundup causes cancer -- and French farmer Paul
François, who was poisoned by Monsanto’s toxic chemicals, was able
to win his case against Bayer-Monsanto after you paid for him to
attend Bayer’s Shareholder Meeting.
Now, Sofia and her community need your
support. Every extra coin we raise will power our
campaigning against the pesticide industry -- and fight for bans
across the world.
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