http://act.sumofus.org/go/6211?t=8&akid=7666.747188.BFigPQ

What happens when small farmers in Guatemala save seeds from one year to the next, as they have for centuries? They get up to four years in prison.

That’s according to the “Monsanto Law,” which was recently struck down by Guatemala’s highest court.

But now Monsanto is saying the law is required under free trade deals, and it’s likely only a matter of time before it launches a wave of lawsuits to force Guatemala to give in.

Developing nations like Guatemala have no chance against a corporate superpower like Monsanto — that’s why we’re standing with Guatemala and fighting to stop the expansion of trade deals that allow this kind of bullying.

Can you chip in $50 to help stand up to Monsanto?

For centuries, farmers have saved seeds from one year to the next. But Monsanto now claims that seeds are its intellectual property — and it will use trade deals to force countries like Guatemala to give in no matter what their courts say about it.

This is a classic example of how Monsanto and other multinational corporations use trade agreements to bully sovereign governments — and as we speak, it’s pushing for new trade deals like the TTIP and the TPP, which would expand its powers to stampede over the rights of people even more.

That’s where we come in. SumOfUs was created to leverage the global consumer power of our 5 million members to take on multinational corporations that have gotten too big for any of us to take on alone.

Can you chip in $50 to help stand up to Monsanto and its anti-democratic trade deals?
Thanks for all that you do,
Paul, Jon and the rest of the team at SumOfUs

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More information:

Guatemalan court suspends “Monsanto Law, La Voz, August 29, 2014
Guatemala Strikes Down ‘Monsanto Law’, Telesur, September 5, 2014
Should multinationals have say in national affairs? Central Americans say ‘no’, Christian Science Monitor, September 23, 2014

The USDA is considering approval of genetically modified apples – this unlabeled science experiment will stop apples from turning brown, but we don’t know if it’s safe for us and our food supply. Take action now.

I just submitted a public comment about this, and it only took a moment. Can you join me? Click the link below for more information:

http://act.credoaction.com/letter/doa_gmo_apples/?sp_ref=22083142.4.1591.e.6822.2&referring_akid=9548.7457768.1scyJ4&source=mailto_sp

This fish hasn’t been proven safe for humans. But the FDA may approve it based on a limited, flawed, and inadequate study — despite the fact that the same study identified elevated allergy-causing potential,1 and elevated levels of the IGF-1 growth hormone, which is linked to colon, prostate and breast cancers.

That’s why we’re joining Senator Jeff Merkley in a last-ditch effort to demand the FDA reject approval of GMO salmon.

Tell the FDA: Don’t approve GMO salmon. Click here to sign automatically.

AquaBounty’s frankenfish is an Atlantic salmon, spliced with genes from an eel pout and growth hormone from a Chinook salmon. The result is a salmon that produces growth hormone year-round and grows twice as fast.

Were GMO salmon to escape its farms into the wild, the fish would pose a serious risk to wild salmon populations. The GMO salmon consume five times more food than wild salmon, and are more aggressive. Introducing these traits into the wild population would be serious – and irreversible.2

Separate from any risks, the GMO salmon are less healthy to eat – producing less of the beneficial omega-3 fatty acids than non-GMO salmon – and a less efficient food source – requiring 1.5 to 8 kilograms of wild fish to produce one kilogram of farmed salmon.

Worse still, without GMO labeling, these frankenfish would be totally unlabeled in stores, and indistinguishable from other farmed salmon, so consumers will have no way of making an informed choice.

Tell the FDA: Don’t approve GMO salmon. Click the link below to sign automatically:

http://act.credoaction.com/go/2789?t=5&akid=9529.7457768.8Wa5jP

Earlier this year, CREDO members submitted thousands of comments to the FDA during its comment period, which closed in April. And nearly 85,000 CREDO members have urged grocers to refuse to stock the fish.

Once the approval is given, it will be nearly impossible to stop these fish from ending up in grocery stores. That’s why now is the best time for a last-ditch effort to pressure the FDA and demand it not approve GMO salmon.

Thank you for standing up for safe food.

Michael McCauley, “Consumers Union Says FDA Assessment of GE Salmon Is Flawed and Inadequate,” Consumers Union, December 21, 12.

“Tell the FDA: No Frankenfish,” Organic Consumers Union.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/11/03/david-versus-monsanto.aspx?e_cid=20121103_DNL_art_1

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2219831/Genetically-modified-foods-capped-10-years-Supreme-Court-panel.html

from September 15-22 at http://www.GeneticRouletteMovie.com

Story at-a-glance

The health dangers of genetically engineered (GE) foods are masterfully presented in this documentary by Jeffrey Smith, one of the world’s leading authorities on GE foods. Americans get sick more often than Europeans or people from any other industrialized nation, and scientific evidence suggests a significant factor may be the genetic engineering of our food supply.

Despite claims by government regulators and the food industry that GE foods are safe, scientific studies continue to show the opposite; GE foods have been linked with allergies, reproductive problems and infertility, birth defects, bizarre mutations, cancer, and now an unidentified mystery organism causing an epidemic of livestock deaths, “Sudden Death Syndrome”

GE foods trigger immune attacks because they appear to your body as foreign invaders rather than food; this immune response can lead to chronic inflammation, which in turn raises your risk for multiple additional health problems. The two main types of GE foods are herbicide-tolerant crops and pesticide-producing crops; both are imprecise processes that are riddled with unexpected consequences, such as hundreds to thousands of genetic mutations that have unknown effects on human health.

Excerpt from one page out of 44,000 FDA documents subpoenaed for discovery for lawsuit against the FDA and no proper safety tests for GMO foods.

The FDA repeatedly lied stating that GMO foods are safe. Michael R. Taylor was a FDA Food Safety Czar promoted to Senior Advisor in July, 2009.

http://www.naturalnews.com/034847_Michael_Taylor_Monsanto_FDA.html

Pass this on to all you know who wish to know the truth and value their own health and the lives of their loved ones.

Genetic Roulette Movie http://www.geneticroulettemovie.com

Genetic Roulette Movie, The Institute for Responsible Technology