Moms and Doctors Have a Message for Monsanto: 'You're Making Us Sick'
Published on Friday, January 30, 2015
by Common Dreams
Moms and Doctors Have a Message for Monsanto: 'You're Making Us Sick'
As shareholders gather in St. Louis on Friday, concerned parents, doctors, and environmental and food safety advocates will hold a memorial to the agrichemical giant's victims.
by Sarah Lazare, staff writer
As shareholders of the agrichemical giant Monsanto gather in St. Louis, Missouri for their annual meeting on Friday, they will be met by a coalition of doctors, concerned parents, and food and environmental safety advocates delivering a simple message: "You're making us sick."
At issue are the company's genetically modified crops and pesticides, including the herbicide Roundup—whose key ingredient glyphosate has been tied by researchers to a host of human health problems, from Parkinson's to cancer to autism.
"We're bringing message that glyphosate and genetically-modified foods have never been thoroughly safety tested for human consumption," Katherine Paul of the Organic Consumers Association told Common Dreams.
Inside the shareholders' meeting, the coalition intends to present a proposal for greater corporate accountability. Outside the meeting, advocates plan to hold a mid-day memorial to "victims of Monsanto's products."
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