[MedicalConspiracies] Stop GE Alfalfa

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View this alert online STOP GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ALFALFA! Senator Leahy and Representative DeFazio are circulating a Congressional sign-on letter in the House and Senate "Asking USDA to Maintain the Ban on Genetically Engineered Alfalfa"   Contact your Senators and Representative Today!   Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121 and ask for your Senator/Representative's office. If you do not know who they are click here. Speak with the agriculture staff person or leave a message: Ask them to sign on to the "Dear Colleague Letter to USDA about Banning GE Alfalfa" Senators should contact Adrienne Wojciechowski, Sen. Leahy's office Adrienne.w@judiciary-dem.senate.gov   House Representatives should contact Emily Rohlffs in Rep. DeFazio's office emily.rohlffs@mail.house.gov   Send this message to your Senators and Representative now!   Senator Patty Murray Senator Maria E. Cantwell Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers   Message Subject: Sign the Dear Colleague Letter to Stop GE Alfalfa Dear [Decision Maker], As you may know, Senator Leahy and Representative DeFazio are circulating a Congressional sign-on letter in the House and Senate asking USDA to maintain the ban on Genetically Engineered Alfalfa. Monsanto wants to sell its genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa and wants the USDA to approve its permit application, but consumers, farmers, dairies, and food companies don't want GE alfalfa plants and seeds released into the environment.USDA's Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) admits that if GE alfalfa is approved: * GE Contamination of non-GE and organic alfalfa crops will occur * GE contamination will economically impact small and family farmers * Foreign export markets will be at risk due to rejection of GE contaminated products * Farmers will be forced to use more toxic herbicides to remove old stands of alfalfa Yet, USDA has decided that these impacts are insignificant and have dismissed the concerns of farmers and consumers in our state. As a consumer and a constituent, I urge you to sign on to this Dear Colleague Letter as soon as possible (You can view the letter here: http://www.nationalorganiccoalition.org/GMO/May2010CongressLetter.pdf). To sign on you should contact: Senators: Adrienne Wojciechowski in Senator Leahy's office (Adrienne.w@judiciary-dem.senate.gov) Representatives: Emily Rohlffs in Rep. DeFazio's office (emily.rohlffs@mail.house.gov) Thank you for your attention to this very important matter.   View the