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Using Ozonated water on produce lowers pesticide levels. Read article below

about pesticides on strawberries.

It's springtime again and soon it will be summer and children across the country

will be enjoying one of their favorite fruits — strawberries. Unfortunately, due

to a poor decision last year by the California Department of Pesticide

Regulation and outgoing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, America's children will

continue to be exposed to the toxic pesticide methyl iodide. [1]

Known as " one of the most toxic chemicals on earth " , methyl iodide is a proven

cancer causing agent as well as an endocrine disruptor and powerful neurotoxin.

Allowing it to be sprayed on one of America's favorite fruits will endanger our

children who eat them, farm workers and local residents in California.

Already banned in New York and Washington because of its toxic properties, the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now reviewing the 2007 Bush era

decision to approve methyl iodide for agricultural usage. The EPA is asking for

comments from the American public in helping them make the decision on whether

or not to ban this toxic chemical for agricultural use.

More than 50 scientists criticized the 2007 approval stating that the review

process was hidden from the public and the focus of the research was too

limited. There is little left to debate on the safety and necessity for this

chemical use. [2]

Let the EPA hear our voices loud and clear: NO Methyl Iodide - now or ever.

Please take a moment to register your comments today. It's easy. We have

suggested text for you, but encourage you to use your own words to make it more

impactful. Click on here to send your message to , EPA

Administrator.

http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/360?akid=307.123559.f4B0go & t=8

Just today Time magazine revealed 3 different studies that demonstrate that

pregnant mothers exposed to agricultural pesticides give birth to children with

lower IQ's. [3]

It's time to let the chemical pesticide industry and our government know that

we'll no longer stand idly by as they continue to put corporate profits over the

health and safety of our families, farm workers and the American public.

Tell EPA Administrator to ban the toxic methyl iodide from being

used on our food and our fields.

Click here to add your voice to the public comment to make sure the EPA bans

methyl iodide for agricultural usage.

http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/360?akid=307.123559.f4B0go & t=10

Thanks for taking action — your support is greatly appreciated! We need your

help to keep the pressure on! If you can, please consider chipping in as little

as $10 to help us continue this fight.

http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/donate/133?akid=307.123559.f4B0go & t=13

We rely on folks like you to keep us going. Thanks again for your support.

Thank you for participating in food democracy,

Dave, and the Food Democracy Now! Team

Sources:

1. " The Terminator: Schwarzenegger's Killer Pesticide " , The Atlantic Monthly,

January 19, 2011.

http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/362?akid=307.123559.f4B0go & t=15

2. " Letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 50 Top U.S. Scientists

Asking EPA to Ban Methyl Iodide " , September 24, 2007.

www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/iodomethane_letter.pdf

3. " Exposure to pesticides in pregnancy can lover children's IQ " , Time Magazine,

April 21, 2010.

http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/361?akid=307.123559.f4B0go & t=18

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