Keep Nanotechnology Out of Organic! - Comment period ends 10/19/09

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Keep Nanotechnology Out of Organic!

A major reason why consumers shop for products that are certified organic

is to avoid hazardous and unlabeled Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs),

toxic chemicals, and now the most recent, and likely most dangerous hi-tech

poison of them all - nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is now a multi-billion

dollar enstein monster industry churning out a vast menu of untested

and unlabeled products containing tiny nanoparticles including non-organic

vitamin supplements, food packaging, processed food, cosmetics, and

sunscreens.

The United States Department of Agriculture's National Organic Standards

Board (NOSB) has been debating an official ban on nanotechnology in organic.

When it meets November 3-5, 2009 in Washington, D.C., the NOSB will

consider a recommendation supported by the the OCA and the organic community

that

would " prohibit nanotechnology in organic production, processing, and

packaging. "

Nanotechnology is inherently dangerous. Mounting scientific evidence

indicates that nanomaterials produce dangerous " free radicals " which can destroy

or mutate DNA and can cause damage to the liver and kidneys. Nanotech

particles not only injure and kill lab animals - they can kill you as well.

Every day, new evidence of the dangers of nanotechnology emerges:

* Workplace nanoparticle exposure was linked to seven cases of

serious and progressive lung disease in China including two patient deaths.

* Nanoparticles present in a chemical found in sunscreens - titanium

dioxide - are being examined as possibly causing Alzheimer's and

Parkinson's diseases.

Tell the USDA that you want the National Organic Standards Board to take a

strong stand against the use of nanotechnology in organic. Please act

before the October 19 deadline.

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