03/December/20

 

Greenpeace Mexico and the national campaign Without Corn, No Country have welcomed the decision last month of the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, not to endorse or sign the preliminary draft of the Scherer-Villalobos decree, which does not prohibit glyphosate or GMOs. Víctor Villalobos is Mexico’s Agriculture Minister and Julio Scherer is a presidential legal adviser and both are known to be opposed to banning GMOs and glyphosate. GMWatch

 

 

The US Environmental Protection Agency has released a draft biological evaluation finding that glyphosate is likely to injure or kill 93% of the plants and animals protected under the Endangered Species Act. The long-anticipated draft biological evaluation released by the agency’s pesticide office found that 1,676 endangered species are likely to be harmed by glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup and the world’s most-used pesticide. The draft opinion also found that glyphosate adversely modifies critical habitat for 759 endangered species, or 96% of all species for which critical habitat has been designated. GMWatch

 

 

Monarch butterflies urgently need your help. This iconic, orange-and-black beauty was once common in backyards across the country — but its population has plummeted by 80 percent in the past 20 years. One of the main causes of its decline is the widespread use of Monsanto's Roundup (glyphosate) — which is wiping out milkweed, the butterfly's only host plant. Sign the petition to urge the US Fish and Wildlife Service to protect monarch butterflies under the Endangered Species Act before it's too late. Center for Biological Diversity