To: Monsanto and Mycogen (Dow)
Monsanto & Dow - Stop Lying about the Maui GMO Moratorium Initiative
The GMO Initiative pauses planting of new GMO plants in Maui County until an objective study is done showing safety. Monsanto & Dow spent over $800,000 in TV ads just in Sept and the total must be over $2million by now or even more. These ads are complete lies.
Why is this important?
Maui County is ground zero for GMO and associated pesticide experimentation and it is making people sick. Monsanto claims it is a farming ban although only 1% of farms use GMOs. They claim they'll lay off their workers although they have extensive nonGMO seed operations. They claim that GMOs are safe but they are afraid that the study will show they are not. They claim that backyard gardeners will be subject to arrest but the initiative only punishes DELIBERATE planting of GMOs. Any plant in the ground can go through harvest and be replanted with nonGMO. They claim it hurts farmers but they're the only ones growing GMOs except for a tiny number of coffee, squash and corn that is GMOs. In fact, THEY have harmed local farmers by their claims because now people are avoiding local nonOrganic produce because they are under the misapprehension that local produce is all GMO.