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Millions Against Monsanto - Time to Step It Up

Friday, August 22, 2008
Posted in Organics | Tagged Organics

In the last edition of Organic Bytes we celebrated our common victory over Monsanto: the Biotech Behemoth’s announcement that it was “divesting” or selling off its controversial genetically engineered animal drug, recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH). With Monsanto’s stock price and reputation wobbling, now is the time to advance, to move forward and aggressively block Monsanto’s assault on consumers, the environment and democracy.

• ***Did you know that Monsanto contributes hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to elected officials and spends millions in lobbying? Contact your legislators and tell them to say NO to Monsanto’s Dirty Money
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• ***Did you know that almost 100 million pounds of Monsanto’s best selling herbicide, RoundUp, are applied to gardens and lawns each year, accounting for $1 billion dollars in sales?  Home Depot is the United States and Canada’s largest home improvement chain and a major vendor of RoundUp.
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• ***Sign OCA’s petition to Home Depot. Tell Home Depot’s CEO Frank Blake: Do the Right Thing, Dump Monsanto!

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