Stop Pesticde on Strawberries from California

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Is Your Strawberry Shortcake Toxic?

_Stop the Use of Methyl Iodide for Your Strawberries!_

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Dear Arnold,

We Have 48 Hours to Stop the Use of Poison on Our Strawberries!

_Sign the Petition to Keep Methyl Iodide off Your Strawberries!_

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Strawberries usually mean sweetness and summer, but unless we speak up,

strawberry production in California could become better known for causing

cancer, birth defects and miscarriages. California is considering allowing the

use of a highly toxic chemical on strawberry fields. This affects all of

us, since 90% of U.S. strawberries are grown in California. _Can you take

action to stop the use of methyl iodide for strawberries?_

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A panel of Nobel laureates and expert scientists called methyl iodide " one

of the most toxic chemicals used in manufacturing, " yet the State of

California is considering allowing it to be sprayed and injected into the soil.

California's own report found that if methyl iodide is used, " control of

human exposure would be difficult if not impossible " and would result in

" significant adverse impacts on public health, " including cancer,

miscarriages, and brain damage to fetuses and children.

It's important that we take action to stop the approval of this dangerous

chemical. The outcome of California's decision may prompt an Environmental

Protection Agency review of methyl iodide nationally.

It's time to put our health and our children's health before the profits

of the pesticide industry. They should be finding safer, healthier ways to

produce strawberries -- not allowing more toxins into our bodies and our

environment.

Sign the petition against the use of methyl iodide on our strawberries:

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Thanks for taking action,

Outreach Director

Food & Water Watch

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that works to ensure clean water and safe food. We challenge the corporate

control and abuse of our food and water resources by empowering people to

take action and by transforming the public consciousness about what we eat

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