Ban Round-up !
Come to the Green Tent this Sunday, October 27, and learn about what you can do to eliminate this pervasive toxic chemical from our soils, our foods and our bodies.
In Los Angeles, CALPIRG is working to stop the use of Roundup, a weedkiller made by agrochemical company, Monsanto. Recent research, including some done by the World Health Organization and the state of California, found that Roundup, and other glyphosate-based herbicides, could pose significant risks to human health, including links to cancer and reproductive problems.
So, CALPIRG is calling on our state assembly to pass Assembly Bill 468 and Assembly Bill 916 to ban the use of Roundup on our public lands statewide. There is also a Los Angeles city council resolution under consideration to ban glyphosate-based herbicides like Roundup on Los Angeles city lands. To date, CALPIRG has recorded more than 40 communities in the state of California that have restricted the use of glyphosate in some capacity. We know it is important that LA be next, because California follows Los Angeles’ footsteps, and the nation follows California’s. CALPIRG is a consumer group that stands up to powerful interests whenever they threaten our health and safety, our financial security, or our right to fully participate in our democratic society. For decades, we’ve stood up for consumers, countering the influence of big banks, insurers, chemical manufacturers and other powerful special interests.
Los Angeles is arguably the most influential city in the United States. One in nine people in the United States live in California, and one in about thirty-three live in Los Angeles County. By going out into the community and going door to door, our nonprofit interacts with and educates thousands of voters in the United States each year. Actively getting the community involved in solving problems we all face, called a grassroots campaign, is our specialty. It is how we protect public health and take on the nation's special interest issues. As a citizen-funded non-profit, we know we cannot outspend these multimillion-dollar companies, but by educating and getting the community involved, we can bring people together. That’s how Democracy works, and that’s what we utilize to pass the bills we work on. If we are successful in banning the use of Roundup in enough cities and states, it could affect the health of millions of people in the U.S.—with an ultimate goal of removing the 26 million gallons of Roundup used in cities and gardens every year, and setting the stage for larger national action.
Learn more about this campaign, and our other projects, at calpirg.org.