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John,
The potent weedkiller glyphosate was originally intended to kill weeds. Just weeds. But convincing evidence points to the reality that glyphosate is also killing bees and butterflies.[1,2]
We simply can't afford to lose more pollinators. Urge the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission to recommend phasing out glyphosate.
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Glyphosate continues to blanket American farmland in its translucent sheen, harming pollinators in the process.
The weedkiller is impairing bees' navigational abilities and reducing their ability to forage.[3] And because it's also impeding their temperature regulation, glyphosate is lowering the chances that wild bee colonies will reproduce.[4]
Because of glyphosate, monarch butterflies are also struggling. Glyphosate is killing milkweed, the monarch caterpillar's sole food source, and is decimating populations of this iconic black-and-orange pollinator.[5]
Bees and butterflies aren't the only living beings harmed by glyphosate: The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classifies the weedkiller as a probable human carcinogen.[6]
We now have before us the best opportunity in a decade to finally phase out the use of this dangerous herbicide. Tell the MAHA commission that glyphosate needs to go.
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For years, we here at Environment Colorado have been calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to phase out glyphosate. While residential Roundup products have been reformulated, today's commercial Roundup products still contain glyphosate as their main active ingredient.[7]
Given that glyphosate is harming bees, eradicating the milkweed that feeds migrating monarchs and may be giving people cancer, we're petitioning the MAHA Commission to recommend phasing out glyphosate once and for all.
Will you add your name?
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Thank you,
Ellen Montgomery
1. Lucas Battisti, et. al., "Is glyphosate toxic to bees? A meta-analytical review," Science of The Total Environment, May 1, 2021.
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2. Steve Blackledge, "For struggling butterflies, if it's not one pesticide, it's another," Environment America, July 11, 2024.
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3. Morgane Nouvian, James J. Foster and Anja Weidenmüller, "Glyphosate impairs aversive learning in bumblebees," Science of The Total Environment, November 10, 2023.
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4. Damian Carrington, "Glyphosate weedkiller damages wild bee colonies, study reveals," The Guardian, June 2, 2022.
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5. Steve Blackledge, "For struggling butterflies, if it's not one pesticide, it's another," Environment America, July 11, 2024.
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6. "IARC monograph on glyphosate," World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer," July 19, 2018.
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7. Danielle Melgar, "The weedkiller Roundup has been linked to cancer. It's time to ban it." PIRG, April 16, 2024.
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