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#Repost @the_boycott_movement ・・・ "In fact, as far as #pesticides go, #atrazine is the one most commonly found #pesticide in U.S. drinking #water. In 2012, #Syngenta AG and its U.S. subsidiary were ordered to pay $105 million to filter the chemical out of Midwestern community water treatment operations providing drinking water to 52 million Americans. 🌐 The legal proceedings revealed that as many as 1 in 6 Americans were drinking atrazine-#contaminated water. The $105 million settlement was really just a drop in the bucket when compared to the actual cost of filtering this #chemical. 🌐 In 2010, the plaintiffs' attorney, Stephen Tillery, said the 16 cities included in the original lawsuit had already spent about $350 million to filter it out. Since 2012, at least 1,085 other compensation claims over atrazine contamination have been filed against Syngenta, suggesting the problem is incredibly widespread. 🌐 Research has linked atrazine exposure in utero to impaired #sexual development in young boys, causing genital deformations, including microphallus (micropenis). The evidence also suggests atrazine exposure may contribute to a number of different cancers, specifically ovarian #cancer, non-Hodgkin's #lymphoma, hairy-cell leukemia and thyroid cancer. 🌐 Elevated concentrations of atrazine in drinking water have been associated with abdominal #birthdefects, including gastroschisis (in which the baby's intestines stick outside of the baby's body) and others. #Animalresearch also suggests long-term exposure to atrazine may induce #insulin resistance and weight gain by lowering energy metabolism. 🌐 On June 6, 2016, the #EPA released a new risk assessment for atrazine. Its current view of the chemical suggests the agency might lower allowable levels and issue tighter regulatory limits on the chemical. There's even the possibility of an eventual ban. The risk assessment concluded the chemical may cause reproductive harm to #mammals, #fish and #birds, with the level of concern surpassed nearly 200-fold using real-world scenarios for mammals." 🌐 Source: mercola.com 🌐 #theboycottmovement #tbmfacts
#Repost @americanplenty ・・・ #nogmos #nogmo #monsanto ❌🆘💀
#Repost @resist365 ・・・ Because there is no other choice. cc: @elephantjournal
#Repost @centerforfoodsafety ・・・ It's official. In reckless and short-sighted decision, Trump pulls US out of the Paris Climate Agreement. - Agriculture is sensitive to fluctuations in temperature and precipitation and the U.S. is not immune to escalating global threats: in 2016 there were 91 weather, climate or geological disasters in the U.S. including severe storms, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, heat waves and droughts many of these damaging or wiping out crops. In East and Southern Africa, more than 38 million people in 17 countries are currently struggling with food insecurity resulting from consecutive drought. In the Arctic, temperature has increased at twice the rate as the rest of the globe which could weaken or shut down global ocean circulation which would obviously have catastrophic impacts on agriculture. - "The move is completely irresponsible. The President clearly has no understanding of science, and is willfully ignoring the advice of those who do," said Diana Donlon, Director of Food and Climate at CFS (@soil.solutions). "He is acting against the will of the American people (polling shows that 71% of Americans support staying in the agreement) and putting the nation’s ability to feed itself in jeopardy." - #ParisAgreement #climatechange #climate #paris #climatejustice #GHGs #Trump
#Repost @fernanuenue ・・・ Incredible Experience! Grateful to have been here to march in Solidarity with these amazing people 🙌🏼🌟#Switzerland2017 #MarchAgainstMonsanto #MarchAgainstSyngenta #ResistSyngenta #MAM #Solidarity #Basel
#Repost @fernanuenue ・・・ Incredible turn out today for the March Against Monsanto & Syngenta! PC: Pascal Staedeli and Tobin Meyers #ResistSyngenta #MarchAgainstSyngenta #MarchAgainstMonsanto #Switzerland2017 #MAM #Basel #Unity #Solidarity
#Repost @centerforfoodsafety ・・・ Finally some good news! ❤️🐝 👊 Center for Food Safety won our lawsuit to protect #bees from toxic pesticides! In response to a case CFS filed 4 years ago, a Federal Court ruled Monday that the EPA systematically violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA) – a key wildlife protection law – when it approved bee-killing insecticides known as neonicotinoids, finding that EPA had unlawfully issued 59 pesticide approvals between 2007 and 2012. • The ruling says the EPA must analyze impacts to endangered species before approving. This is a BIG WIN! • Read more about this huge CFS legal victory for bees and beekeepers >> cfs.center/cfsbeelegalvictory • #savethebees #saveourbees #legal #victory #endangeredspecies #endangered #esa #epa #federalcourt #environment #wildlife
#Repost @gmofreeusa_official ・・・ UN Experts Denounce 'Myth' Pesticides Are Necessary to Feed the World: A new report, being presented to the UN human rights council, is severely critical of the global corporations that manufacture pesticides, accusing them of the “systematic denial of harms”, “aggressive, unethical marketing tactics” and heavy lobbying of governments which has “obstructed reforms and paralysed global pesticide restrictions”. The report says pesticides have “catastrophic impacts on the environment, human health and society as a whole”, including an estimated 200,000 deaths a year from acute poisoning. Its authors said: “It is time to create a global process to transition toward safer and healthier food and agricultural production.” The world’s population is set to grow from 7 billion today to 9 billion in 2050. The pesticide industry argues that its products – a market worth about $50 billion a year and growing – are vital in protecting crops and ensuring sufficient food supplies. “It is a myth,” said Hilal Elver, the UN’s special rapporteur on the right to food. “Using more pesticides is nothing to do with getting rid of hunger. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), we are able to feed 9 billion people today. Production is definitely increasing, but the problem is poverty, inequality and distribution.” Read the rest... #FeedTheWorld #TheMythOfPesticides #UnitedNations #pesticides #UnethicalMarketing #HealthHarms #EnvironmentalHarms #gmofreecanada #gmofreeusa
#PoisoningParadise screens at @mendofilmfest on Saturday, June 3 at 5:30pm! For tickets, go to http://mendocinofilmfestival.org/films/poisoning-paradise/
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Thank you Hawaii European Cinema Film Festival for your warm welcome and honoring Poisoning Paradise. @hawaiieuropeancinema #PoisoningParadise
Winner! #PoisoningParadise will screen at the LA Cinema Festival of Hollywood on April 6th at the Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks. Tickets on sale now at: http://www.hollywoodcff.com/Schedule_and_Tickets.html
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