Is Your Strawberry Shortcake Toxic?
Stop the Use of Methyl Iodide for Your Strawberries!

 

Dear  Figrd Reader,

We Have Until April 30th to Stop the Use of Poison on Our Strawberries! Sign the Petition to Keep Methyl Iodide off Your Strawberries!

Will strawberry shortcake become known for causing cancer, birth defects and miscarriages? California, the state where 90 percent of U.S. strawberries are grown, approved the use of a highly toxic chemical for strawberry fields last year. We've got a chance to get this chemical banned at the federal level, but we need to get your comments in by April 30th. Can you take action to stop the use of methyl iodide for strawberries?

A panel of Nobel laureates and expert scientists called methyl iodide, "one of the most toxic chemicals used in manufacturing," and even though it was banned in Washington state, California approved its use on strawberry fields last year. The use of methyl iodide can cause significant problems for people, including cancer, miscarriages and brain damage in children.

California's decision has prompted a national Environmental Protection Agency review of methyl iodide, so we have an important opportunity to ban this chemical once and for all.

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 instead of introducing more toxins into our bodies and our environment.

Sign the petition against the use of methyl iodide on our strawberries:
http://action.foodandwaterwatch.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6659


Thanks for taking action,

Elanor Starmer
Western Region Director
Food & Water Watch


Food & Water Watch is a nonprofit consumer organization that works to ensure clean water and safe food. We challenge the corporate control and abuse of our food and water span>