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Showing Original Post only (View all)52 Congress members sign letter warning of GMOs killing monarch butterflies (March 18, 2015) [View all]
http://www.naturalnews.com/049067_monarch_butterflies_GMOs_Congress.html#
There is a spirited discussion about GMOs from today in LBN: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141044714
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 by: J. D. Heyes
Tags: monarch butterflies, GMOs, Congress
(NaturalNews) Dozens of House Democrats have signed onto a letter sent to President Obama claiming that the spread of GM crops is leading to the death of monarch butterflies.
The letter,[PDF] authored by Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine, says that the butterflies are "in peril of being lost to the history books" in large part because of the "virtual eradication" of milkweed plants from their primary breeding grounds in the Midwest.
The milkweed eradication, the letter states, has come primarily from the "widespread spraying of herbicides in agricultural areas" where the plants were once bountiful.
"With the advent of herbicide-resistant genetically engineered crops, the use of herbicides like glyphosate has increased..." dramatically, from 20 million pounds per year in 1992 to more than 250 million pounds by 2011, said the letter.
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52 Congress members sign letter warning of GMOs killing monarch butterflies (March 18, 2015) [View all]
Omaha Steve
Mar 2015
OP
"Science!!11" You can't disagree with " gmo science" or you're as bad as Climate Change Deniers!
Cha
Mar 2015
#14
Yeah, studiouly ignoring what poisons in their beloved Big Ag GMO do to our Earth and its
Cha
Mar 2015
#17
It never changes. I've watched it for over a decade now and 'boring' is putting it mildly.
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#12
See, that source does have major issues, but this is about a letter from Congress, here is a link
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2015
#29
Mahalo Steve.. our Monarch Butterflies are so important to our Earth.. damn gmo roundup toxic crap..
Cha
Mar 2015
#16
I would really like to thank those 52 members of Congress. whomever they are along with Rep Pingree
Cha
Mar 2015
#18
It's a shame the majority of people in this Congress say: "We don't need no stinkin' butterflies."
Vinca
Mar 2015
#20
Toxic pollen from widely planted, genetically modified corn can kill monarch butterflies
Omaha Steve
Mar 2015
#24
Genetically engineered crops are destroying its habitat and disrupting its food chain
Omaha Steve
Mar 2015
#32
Study links Monsanto herbicide to monarch decline- link to a story from The Hill about it and one to
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2015
#31