Protect Your Information on Pesticides on Food-Contact Congress

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The Environmental Working Group compiles a very useful list of foods that

contain the highest and lowest pesticide residues. You can find that list

at _www.foodnews.org/walletguide.php_

(http://www.foodnews.org/walletguide.php) The list can serve to promote a

preference for Organic Foods, which

pesticide manufacturers and agribusiness does not like.

Where money is short this information can tell you which foods are safer to

consume even if they are not organic.

They also have other good consumer health information on their site

_www.ewg.org_ (http://www.ewg.org)

arnold

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Dear Arnold,

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Since 1991, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been testing fresh

produce for pesticide residues and releasing the findings. Environmental

Working Group analyzes these detailed technical reports to produce our

Shopper's

Guide to Pesticides. But this year, the USDA may cave in to an industry

campaign to alter the results and give consumers less information. That's bad

news for us all.

Chemical agribusiness interests have launched an expensive all-out

campaign to silence EWG and deny you information you need to make healthy

choices.

Just last year, nearly $200,000 of taxpayers' money was used to support a

misinformation campaign run by the Alliance for Food and Farming, a

pro-agricultural chemicals lobby dedicated to combating pesticide critics like

EWG.

Chemical agribusiness interests want to suppress the truth about

pesticides. We can't let them get away with it. Last year you told USDA

officials

that you want the truth, all of it and nothing but. But we need your help

again today. Please forward this message to your friends and family so they

can join the more than 36,000 people who have called on USDA to not cave in

to industry.

Unfortunately, USDA does not have to listen to you, and if they do they

might be fired. Contact your Congressmember _www.house.gov_

(http://www.house.gov) and 2 Senators _www.senate.gov_

(http://www.senate.gov) asking

them to contact USDA and ask them to continue to publicize their pesticide

residue on foods survey, and not fund anti-consumer groups like Alliance

for Food & Farming that tries to mislead consumers about the dangers of

pesticides on foods.

_Your contacts can click here to sign our petition that tells USDA

officials to not cave to industry pressure and to stop funding industry's

disinformation campaigns!_

(http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2 & c=QY2n4VBfOG13eykqi0mzkKxjBCNzB6HB)

The evidence linking pesticides to health problems -- such as increased

risk of cancer -- is overwhelming. New studies show that pesticide exposure

may lead to developmental delays and lower IQs in children. Last year, the

President's Cancer Panel recommended that consumers avoid foods with

pesticide residues.

Instead of kowtowing to industry groups like the Alliance for Food and

Farming, the USDA and other federal agencies should compile and analyze more

information about pesticides. Industry spin should not drive disclosure of

critical information about pesticides in our food. If you want to know

whether your kids' lunch boxes contain fruits and veggies high in pesticide

residues, take action today!

_Click here to sign our petition today. It's unpalatable that your tax

dollars fund disinformation about pesticides in food._

(http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2 & c=mk8Upe/ZOlGxJ6IrnzWXAqxjBCNzB6HB)

Thank you for standing with EWG against the pesticide lobby.

Sincerely,

Ken Cook

President, Environmental Working Group

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is a non-profit, non-partisan

research organization dedicated to using the power of information to protect

human health and the environment. The EWG Action Fund is a legislative

advocacy organization that uses EWG research to promote healthy and sustainable

policies.

HEADQUARTERS 1436 U St. NW, Suite 100 | Washington, DC 20009 | (202)

667-6982

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Dear Arnold,

(http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2 & c=MRCdRyL9jNGQzJHHWoMRBqxjBCNzB6HB)

Since 1991, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been testing fresh

produce for pesticide residues and releasing the findings. Environmental

Working Group analyzes these detailed technical reports to produce our

Shopper's

Guide to Pesticides. But this year, the USDA may cave in to an industry

campaign to alter the results and give consumers less information. That's bad

news for us all.

Chemical agribusiness interests have launched an expensive all-out

campaign to silence EWG and deny you information you need to make healthy

choices.

Just last year, nearly $200,000 of taxpayers' money was used to support a

misinformation campaign run by the Alliance for Food and Farming, a

pro-agricultural chemicals lobby dedicated to combating pesticide critics like

EWG.

Chemical agribusiness interests want to suppress the truth about

pesticides. We can't let them get away with it. Last year you told USDA

officials

that you want the truth, all of it and nothing but. But we need your help

again today. Please forward this message to your friends and family so they

can join the more than 36,000 people who have called on USDA to not cave in

to industry.

_Your contacts can click here to sign our petition that tells USDA

officials to not cave to industry pressure and to stop funding industry's

disinformation campaigns!_

(http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2 & c=QY2n4VBfOG13eykqi0mzkKxjBCNzB6HB)

The evidence linking pesticides to health problems -- such as increased

risk of cancer -- is overwhelming. New studies show that pesticide exposure

may lead to developmental delays and lower IQs in children. Last year, the

President's Cancer Panel recommended that consumers avoid foods with

pesticide residues.

Instead of kowtowing to industry groups like the Alliance for Food and

Farming, the USDA and other federal agencies should compile and analyze more

information about pesticides. Industry spin should not drive disclosure of

critical information about pesticides in our food. If you want to know

whether your kids' lunch boxes contain fruits and veggies high in pesticide

residues, take action today!

_Click here to sign our petition today. It's unpalatable that your tax

dollars fund disinformation about pesticides in food._

(http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2 & c=mk8Upe/ZOlGxJ6IrnzWXAqxjBCNzB6HB)

Thank you for standing with EWG against the pesticide lobby.

Sincerely,

Ken Cook

President, Environmental Working Group

(http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2 & c=X+W/XqUoazj7Zhb/LWScbKxjBCNzB6HB)

(http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2 & c=kpyQNgjzqfhVf50+UYKaNqxjBCNzB6HB)

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REMEMBER TO ADD _EWG@..._ (mailto:ewg@...) TO YOUR CONTACT LIST.

_UNSUBSCRIBE_

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The _Environmental Working Group_

(http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2 & c=HWIGjEbuU4jk+ZSi72wcWaxjBCNzB6HB)

is a non-profit, non-partisan

research organization dedicated to using the power of information to protect

human health and the environment. The EWG Action Fund is a legislative

advocacy organization that uses EWG research to promote healthy and sustainable

policies.

HEADQUARTERS 1436 U St. NW, Suite 100 | Washington, DC 20009 | (202)

667-6982

(http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2 & c=SLmVKNOVc2cuNs8X0+Dle6xjBCNzB6HB)

Dear Arnold,

(http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2 & c=MRCdRyL9jNGQzJHHWoMRBqxjBCNzB6HB)

Since 1991, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been testing fresh

produce for pesticide residues and releasing the findings. Environmental

Working Group analyzes these detailed technical reports to produce our

Shopper's

Guide to Pesticides. But this year, the USDA may cave in to an industry

campaign to alter the results and give consumers less information. That's bad

news for us all.

Chemical agribusiness interests have launched an expensive all-out

campaign to silence EWG and deny you information you need to make healthy

choices.

Just last year, nearly $200,000 of taxpayers' money was used to support a

misinformation campaign run by the Alliance for Food and Farming, a

pro-agricultural chemicals lobby dedicated to combating pesticide critics like

EWG.

Chemical agribusiness interests want to suppress the truth about

pesticides. We can't let them get away with it. Last year you told USDA

officials

that you want the truth, all of it and nothing but. But we need your help

again today. Please forward this message to your friends and family so they

can join the more than 36,000 people who have called on USDA to not cave in

to industry.

_Your contacts can click here to sign our petition that tells USDA

officials to not cave to industry pressure and to stop funding industry's

disinformation campaigns!_

(http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2 & c=QY2n4VBfOG13eykqi0mzkKxjBCNzB6HB)

The evidence linking pesticides to health problems -- such as increased

risk of cancer -- is overwhelming. New studies show that pesticide exposure

may lead to developmental delays and lower IQs in children. Last year, the

President's Cancer Panel recommended that consumers avoid foods with

pesticide residues.

Instead of kowtowing to industry groups like the Alliance for Food and

Farming, the USDA and other federal agencies should compile and analyze more

information about pesticides. Industry spin should not drive disclosure of

critical information about pesticides in our food. If you want to know

whether your kids' lunch boxes contain fruits and veggies high in pesticide

residues, take action today!

_Click here to sign our petition today. It's unpalatable that your tax

dollars fund disinformation about pesticides in food._

(http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2 & c=mk8Upe/ZOlGxJ6IrnzWXAqxjBCNzB6HB)

Thank you for standing with EWG against the pesticide lobby.

Sincerely,

Ken Cook

President, Environmental Working Group

(http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2 & c=X+W/XqUoazj7Zhb/LWScbKxjBCNzB6HB)

(http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2 & c=kpyQNgjzqfhVf50+UYKaNqxjBCNzB6HB)

(http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2 & c=yDJwWVcKeXnQ7J/I0A04UqxjBCNzB6HB)

REMEMBER TO ADD _EWG@..._ (mailto:ewg@...) TO YOUR CONTACT LIST.

The _Environmental Working Group_

(http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2 & c=HWIGjEbuU4jk+ZSi72wcWaxjBCNzB6HB)

is a non-profit, non-partisan

research organization dedicated to using the power of information to protect

human health and the environment. The EWG Action Fund is a legislative

advocacy organization that uses EWG research to promote healthy and sustainable

policies.

HEADQUARTERS 1436 U St. NW, Suite 100 | Washington, DC 20009 | (202)

667-6982