Obama's EPA wants your opinion on endosulfan: tell them to ban this toxic pesticide

[Omaha Steve]

Tell EPA to Protect Us from the Toxic Pesticide Endosulfan
New Public Comment Period

Last year more than ten thousand UFW supporters signed our petition asking the EPA to ban endosulfan--an antiquated and dangerous pesticide. We’ve got their attention, but so far nothing has happened.

However, the new Obama EPA has just re-opened the public comment period regarding this deadly pesticide. The UFW is again working with a coalition of our environmental friends to turn in a joint petition on June 24 to show the EPA how concerned the American public is.

Please TAKE ACTION today and demand change by signing this petition and demanding that the EPA ensures that no residues of endosulfan are found in food sold in the U.S. Tell the new EPA chief Lisa Jackson that this risk is unacceptable and something needs to be done now.

The EPA’s own analysis concluded that endosulfan poses unacceptable risks to the health and safety of farmers and fieldworkers who use it and that it poisons the environment downstream from where it’s sprayed.

Endosulfan is one of the most commonly detected residues in our national food supply. It persists for years in the environment, traveling great distances and accumulating in the food chain as it moves about the planet, impacting communities and ecosystems far from where it’s used. It is acutely toxic and easily absorbed by the human body. Low levels of exposure in the womb have been linked to autism, male reproductive harm and other birth defects. The lethal chemical has been linked to dozens of accidental deaths. Endosulfan has already been banned in 60 countries. It’s time for the U.S. to do the same and protect farm workers, our communities and the environment from this toxic pollutant.

It is vital that we get as many signatures as possible. Please sign the petition today and then immediately forward this petition to as many friends as possible.

Thank you!

http://www.ufwaction.org/campaign/endosulfan609