When Prop 37 was voted down by California residents in 2012, it felt like a missed opportunity. Here was California, long known as one of the trendsetting states in the U.S., knocking on the door of instituting the first mandatory GMO food label. Not only would label legislation inevitably spread throughout the rest of the country, but California could take pride in knowing they gave the movement its first big push. But the poison-based food monopolies poured in five times more money than the supporters of Prop 37. The legislation was defeated in a very close election.. Things are different now: People better understand the health threat, particularly the ever-increasing amount of poisonous herbicide and pesticide residue that is ingested with GMO Food. They also better understand the environmental threat. Further, the weaknesses in Prop 37 have been corrected and are no longer issues that can be exploited. Last week, Representative Noreen Evans of Santa Rosa introduced California Senate Bill 1381, known as the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act, to her fellow congressional members in Sacramento. Maine and Connecticut have already enacted labeling laws to identify genetically engineered ingredients, but laws in those states won’t go into effect until other states in the region do the same. Vermont, Massachusetts and several other states are poised to pass similar GMO labeling legislation. Hopefully, these New England States will soon lead the way to nationwide labeling laws and bans, but California, if they move quickly, might still become the first state to require GMO labeling! With more and more countries, regions and States requiring labeling and even banning these poison-based GMO Crops, labeling is in the United States seems inevitable. Further, public pressures are building momentum to eliminate conflict of interest and fire those who moved into executive positions in the FDA, EPA and USDA from executive positions in the chemical/poison monopolies. Working together, speaking out and supporting organic farming, we, the people, can make a difference. Already, organic farming is increasing, while GMO farming is declining. More and more GMO farmers are opting out of GMO programs because their soil is being worn out and most of their profits are going to Monsanto and the other parasitic poison monopolies. These farmers are waking up from a poison-induced trance and are returning to traditional, sustainable, organic methods. kcet.org/living/food/food-rant/california-legislators-have-proposed-gmo-labeling.html
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:44:33 +0000
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