Stop the Pro-Pesticide Lobby from Poisoning the Farm Bill, by Christopher Gavigan:

Take Action: Ask your U.S. Representative to stand up for the protection of health and the environment by joining with his/her colleagues in the U.S. Congress through a letter to stop a pro-pesticide amendment in the Farm Bill, which is still under consideration in a House-Senate Agriculture conference committee.

Your Member of Congress received a "Dear Colleague" letter from Representatives Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Donald Payne (D-NJ) and the letter s/he is being asked to sign will go to the Farm Bill conferees. To sign on, tell your Member of Congress to email Rep. Holt's aide Michele Mulder michelle.mulder@mail.house.gov or call her at (609) 750-9365.

The provision, and other substitute language now floating around, stops the U.S. Department of Agriculture from curtailing hazardous pesticide use through its conservation programs, either by targeting specific contaminants that are poisoning water or hurting wildlife, or facilitating a transition to organic practices.

For more information on this important issue, read Beyond Pesticides' full action alert.

Christopher Gavigan, Healthy Child Healthy World, green, disease, pollution, children, energy, Penguin Books, books