| Monsanto Is Back With a New GMO Corn — And This One's Worse Than the Last!
Submit Your Comment to Help Stop Another GMO Corn Dear Indiana,
Monsanto's new genetically engineered (GMO) corn spells even more trouble than the company's infamous Roundup Ready GMO corn. Roundup Ready is bad enough — don't allow another GMO corn to move forward!
These GMO crops are genetically engineered to survive when sprayed with herbicides designed to kill surrounding weeds. Monsanto has been altering crops to withstand Roundup for years, but over time the weeds have adapted. Now these "super weeds" won't die with just a spray of Roundup. Monsanto’s solution? More herbicides!
But spraying more chemicals threatens our food and environment — this is not a solution!
To tackle the super weeds, this new GMO corn has been altered to withstand not only Roundup, but also the herbicide dicamba — a harsh chemical that threatens the health of the public, the livelihoods of farmers and the environment. We don't need more chemicals on our food! Say no to new GMO corn!
Another dangerous feature of dicamba is that it's particularly "drift prone" — meaning that it is more likely to move after it's sprayed. Dicamba would threaten nearby fields, which is a big problem for neighboring crops that AREN'T dicamba-resistant!
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is considering Monsanto's new GMO corn proposal right now and is accepting public comments. We are calling on the USDA to complete a full environmental review before they move forward — a perfectly reasonable request considering we don't know how this GMO corn will impact farm workers or the general public in the long run, or how making a crop resistant to multiple chemicals will impact the corn.
If the USDA can't prove that the corn is safe to grow, they should not approve it at all! Submit a comment to ask the USDA to complete a full environmental review to protect our health and environmental safety from Monsanto's new GMO corn!
We know we don't need another GMO corn, and we don't need more chemicals sprayed on our crops. Please help stop Monsanto's new GMO corn today.
Thanks for taking action,
Caitlin Seeley George
Online Campaign Organizer
Food & Water Watch
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