A vibrant orange and black creature with beautifully patterned wings flutters gracefully through the springtime air. It is a monarch butterfly who has just completed her epic migration journey to the south for winter. She's exhaustively searching for milkweed -- a vital plant that is the only place where she can lay her eggs and will also serve as the only food source for baby caterpillars once her offspring hatch.
But where has all the milkweed gone? Over the last two decades, some 850 million milkweed plants have vanished. A key reason why the North American monarch population has dropped by an alarming 90%.
Scientists have linked the dramatic decline in milkweed to a toxic chemical called glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer-Monsanto's Roundup. But while this dangerous pesticide is DECIMATING milkweed and THREATENING precious monarchs, the pesticide corporation has continued to push sales of its flagship product -- even manipulating science and obstructing regulations to COVER UP the truth of Roundup's harms!
Friend, will you let Bayer-Monsanto continue with its dangerous lies that are putting endangered monarch butterflies at risk of extinction? Or will you demand accountability and take action right now?
It's a simple truth, Friend. If glyphosate continues to wipe out milkweed plants, endangered monarchs may NOT survive. And it isn't just these beloved pollinators that suffer the negative effects of this toxic pesticide.
Glyphosate has been linked to cancer, reproductive harm, and other serious health risks in humans -- with children being the most vulnerable to exposure!
But despite KNOWING these dangers, Bayer-Monsanto STILL willingly continues putting people, pollinators, and our planet at risk. The powerful Big Ag giant has spent millions of dollars trying to hide how UNSAFE Roundup really is -- but YOU know the truth, Friend.
That's why we're counting on 6,307 more environmentalists like you to speak up before 11:59 P.M. tonight. TAKE ACTION NOW: Demand that Bayer-Monsanto STOPS selling toxic Roundup immediately! >>
Thanks for taking a stand against corporate greed!
Friends of the Earth
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