March Against Monsanto

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MARCH AGAINST MONSANTO SAN DIEGO

Mark your calendars for May 21, 2016!

Details for 2016 have now been determined!

• March Against Monsanto 2016
  • WHEN: May 21, 2016;
    • 9:30am -- Set up
    • 10am -- Gather for Social networking and freebies from many booths around the fountain.
    • Rally at 11am -- (Speakers and keynotes TBD)
    • Noon (approx.) -- March begins.
    • 12:45 or so -- Additional activities at World Beat Center. Coffee and snacks available at WBC too.

• • WHERE: Starts at Balboa Park Science Center Fountain.
    • Free and plentiful parking usually in the morning.
    • Short march to World Beat Center where we will conclude with seminars and gardening activities.

• • WHO: Anyone and everyone who is concerned about Monsanto poisoning our planet!

• RSVP (2016): https://www.facebook.com/events/1018532668211072

OVERPASS LIGHT BRIGADE (May 20)

This event is tentative only at this time!

• WHEN: May 20, 2016, 7::45pm
• WHERE: Meet at Visitor Center, 2688 East Mission Bay Drive, 92109 just west of the Clairemont Dr. / I-5 overpass.
• WHAT: Hold lighted signs on Overpass to “Stop Monsanto SDMAM.ORG” (We provide) or you hold your own sign!
• RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/685409188228632/

Background

• OUR FIFTH MARCH: Had marches in 2013 (2 times), 2014 & 2015.
• March Against Monsanto San Diego -- Facebook Open Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/610816762262352/
• March Against Monsanto Open Group -- https://www.facebook.com/groups/MAM2DAY/
• March Against Monsanto Team -- Organizing page for our team of organizers of the event. (Authorization Required)

The March on Monsanto San Diego drew more than 2,400 marchers the first year, and the quality of the event has improved each year. Organizers expect a large turnout and heavy media coverage this year due to the World Health Organization announcement that Monsanto's Roundup is carcinogenic, lawsuits by the City of San Diego and the San Diego Port District against Monsanto for polluting San Diego Bay with PCBs, and now this stunning announcement that a major restaurant chain is banning GMOs. Encinitas has announced they have banned the use of Round Up and other pesticides containing glyphosate, the active ingredient in Round Up as well as Neonicotinoids which have been linked to the decline of bees.

The March and Rally is scheduled for May 21, 2016. People are encouraged to arrive at 10am to visit educational displays, followed by the Rally at 11am, and the March, starting at Noon. The event location is at the Bea Evenson Fountain at Balboa Park, between the Ruben H. Fleet Space Theater and the Natural History Museum. Some people call this the Balboa Park Science Center Fountain. Parking is plentiful and free.

SAN DIEGO SUES MONSANTO

The City of San Diego and the San Diego Port District are suing Monsanto for pollution of San Diego Bay with PCBs, invented by Monsanto.

From the March 16 complaint: "PCBs manufactured by Monsanto have been found in Bay sediments and water and have been identified in tissues of fish, lobsters, and other marine life in the Bay. PCB contamination in and around the Bay affects all San Diegans and visitors who enjoy the Bay, who reasonably would be disturbed by the presence of a hazardous, banned substance in the sediment, water, and wildlife.

"PCBs were not only a substantial factor in causing the City and Port District to incur damages, but a primary driving force behind the need to clean up and abate Bay sediments. In addition, fish consumption warnings are posted at locations in and around Bay tidelands warning the public that fish within the Bay may contain contaminants and directing consumption limitations."

The complaint seeks to recoup the costs to not only remove PCBs from the Bay but also pay for the loss of natural resources.

• San Diego Reader Coverage: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2015/mar/16/ticker-monsanto-pay-damaging-san-diego
• Video Coverage by RT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf3gJF4OJqg

• http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/03/25/3635657/shocker-monsanto-in-trouble-again/ “San Diego’s New Lawsuit Shows Just How Hard It Is To Hold Polluters Accountable” -- excerpt:

"Other cities have sued over PCB pollution, but San Diego’s case is unique. Other PCB-contaminated areas mostly fall under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 — better known as Superfund — a federal law meant to provide cleanup of the nation’s most polluted sites. But San Diego is using a claim of public nuisance to bring a case against Monsanto."

GLYPOSATE AKA ROUNDUP -- SHOULD BE BANNED

Many people have said that there is no reason to fear GMO products, as they are composed of amino acids like any other plant or animal. Although, there is no proof that GMO products are harmless, there are many other reasons to object to Monsanto and the GMO products they sell.

One of their most devastating products is GLYPHOSATE, made by MONSANTO and linked to GMO products.

What is it? Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum herbicide, developed by Monsanto in 1974 and used in their product line including “Roundup.” It kills almost all plants when applied.

How does it work? Glyphosate blocks the activity of an enzyme used to make certain important amino acids. Thus, the plant cannot make proteins required for various life processes, resulting in the death of the plant. Genetically modified crops, like corn, wheat, rice, cotton and others have been designed to be “Roundup-Ready” and live even with Roundup applied. Farmer spray this on their fields and it kills all the weeds and leaves only the target crop. It is now pervasive in the environment, being detectable in 75% of air and rain water samples.

Is it harmful to animals? Not directly because animals don't produce those amino acids the same way as plants do. But it kills other organisms, esp. in our gut, and aquatic life, and has been linked to many human diseases and ailments such as hypertension, stroke, diabetes, obesity, lipoprotein metabolism disorder, Alzheimer’s, senile dementia, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, autism, inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal infections, end stage renal disease, acute kidney failure, cancers of the thyroid, liver, bladder, pancreas, kidney and myeloid leukaemia.

Stop Using Roundup and Glyphosate products at home. A simple alternative is vinegar. Spray on weeds to “burn down” the plant.

Get others to stop using it: Contact your church, school, public playground, and city, county, hospital, etc. landscape maintenance departments and ask them if they use Roundup, and also ask them to stop.

Avoid GMO Foods and Products: Fight for GMO labeling and buy only GMO-free foods and products. GMO-free cotton means farmers are not using roundup on their fields and polluting the environment.

• “Monsanto's Toxic Roundup Herbicide Found in 75 Percent of Rain and Air Samples” -- http://inhabitat.com/monsantos-toxic-herbicide-roundup-found-in-75-percent-of-rain-and-air-samples/
• “Widely Used Herbicide Linked to Cancer -- The World Health Organization's research arm declares glyphosate a probable carcinogen” -- http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/widely-used-herbicide-linked-to-cancer/
• “MIT Researcher’s New Warning: At Today’s Rate, Half Of All U.S. Children Will Be Autistic By 2025” -- http://www.copswiki.org/Common/M1579
• MIT Researcher Stephanie Senef presentation. Concludes that Glyphosate should be banned from agriculture -- http://people.csail.mit.edu/seneff/glyphosate/Groton_Seneff.pdf

CHIPOTLE GMO FREE

• Union Tribune: “CHIPOTLE CHAIN ELIMINATES GMO INGREDIENTS” -- http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/apr/28/tp-chipotle-chain-eliminates-gmo-ingredients
• “Chipotle is now GMO-free” -- Cnn Money (2015-04-27) Cristina Alesci -- http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/26/investing/chipotle-gmo-free/

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Summary of articles submitted (Add | All):

• (CitizensOversightStatusUpdate2017) 2017-12-20 Citizens Oversight Status Update 2017 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (CitizensOversightStatusUpdate2016) 2016-12-30 Citizens Oversight Status Update 2016 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1629) 2016-01-10 Bt Toxin in Food Crops is Inadequately Tested -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1657) 2016 Genetically Engineered Crops: Experiences and Prospects -- , National Academies Press,
• (M1609) 2015-06-26 FOIA Request to FDA regarding BNF0035 (MON802 RR Bt Corn) -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1602) 2015-06-16 On Care of Our Common Home -- Pope Francis, The Vatican,
• (M1596) 2015-06-01 Transcript by Admin on GMO Skeptics Forum -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1595) 2015-05-30 Independent Review of the Seralini GMO-Roundup Rat Study -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1588) 2015-05-23 Locals march against Monsanto -- Global protest hits San Diego -- Karla Peterson, Union Tribune,
• (M1589) 2015-05-23 Hundreds rally against genetically modified foods -- Angie Lee, News 8,
• (M1582) 2015-04-29 March Against Monsanto San Diego Organizers Consider Event Route with GMO-Free Chipotle Restaurants -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1576) 2015-04-28 CHIPOTLE CHAIN ELIMINATES GMO INGREDIENTS -- Bloomberg News, Union Tribune,
• (M1580) 2015-04-27 Chipotle is now GMO-free -- Cristina Alesci, Cnn Money,
• (M1578) 2015-03-25 Widely Used Herbicide Linked to Cancer -- The World Health Organization's research arm declares glyphosate a probable carcinogen. -- Daniel Cressey, Scientific American,
• (M1574) 2015-03-18 Polluted San Diego sues Monsanto -- , RT,
• (M1575) 2015-03-16 Monsanto: Pay for damaging San Diego -- City and port district sue chemical king for contributing to bay pollution -- Dorian Hargrove, San Diego Reader,
• (M1601) 2015-01 Seedy Business: What Big Food is hiding with its slick PR campaign on GMOs -- Gary Ruskin, USRight To Know,
• (M1872) 2015 No scientific consensus on GMO safety -- Hilbeck et al, Environmental Sciences Europe,
• (M1579) 2014-10-28 MIT Researcher’s New Warning: At Today’s Rate, Half Of All U.S. Children Will Be Autistic By 2025 -- Nick Meyer, althealthworks.com,
• (M1585) 2014-07-22 The Alarming Truths About Genetically Modified Foods -- , Mercola, Nice 5-minute overview of GMO problem
• (M1592) 2014-06-25 Study on genetically modified corn, herbicide and tumors reignites controversy -- , Cbs News,
• (M1593) 2014-06 Evidence of the toxicity of glyphosate is overwhelming -- Adrienne Samuels, Ph.D., Truth In Labeling,
• (M1604) 2014-05-18 Dr. Mercola Interviews Dr. Carman About GMO Dangers -- , , Mercola.com founder Dr. Joseph Mercola interviews Dr. Judy Carman about the dangers of eating genetically modified foods.
• (M1591) 2014-05-14 Scientists May Have Finally Pinpointed What's Killing All The Honeybees -- Dina Spector, Business Insider, Bee Decline
• (M1587) 2014-04-20 GMO Whistleblower Thierry Vrain talks to Cristie Paris and Nick Bernabe -- , ,
• (M1577) 2014-02-28 Monsanto's Toxic Roundup Herbicide Found in 75 Percent of Rain and Air Samples -- Kristine Lofgren, Inhabitat,
• (M1655) 2013-09-13 An overview of the last 10 years of genetically engineered crop safety research -- Alessandro Nicolia, Alberto Manzo, Fabio Veronesi, and Daniele Rosellini, Critical Reviews in Biotechnology,
• (M1594) 2013-08 A long-term toxicology study on pigs fed a combined genetically modified (GM) soy and GM maize diet -- Carmen et al, Organic Systems, GMO pig study shows serious concerns regarding serious stomach inflammation and 25% larger uterus
• (M1590) 2012-11-21 Séralini designed 2012 study as a direct followup of a previous study on the same NK603 maize conducted by Monsanto -- , gmoseralini.org,
• (M1606) 2009-04 Failure to Yield -- Evaluating the Performance of Genetically Engineered Crops -- Doug Gurian-Sherman, Union Of Concerned Scientists,
• (M1656) 2004 SAFETY OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS -- APPROACHES TO ASSESSING UNINTENDED HEALTH EFFECTS -- Committee on Identifying and Assessing Unintended Effects of Genetically Engineered Foods on Human Health, National Academies Press,
• (M1627) 2000 Ecotoxicological risk assessment of Roundup Herbicide -- Giesy, Dobson, Solomon, Rev Environ Contam Toxicol 167:35-120,

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