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Stop GMO Foods

GMO FOODS, BAD OR GOOD?

•Scientist put two different genetic codes together to make a new breed or to help protect them from weeds. This can lead to risk of unknown toxins and allergens.

DID YOU KNOW…

More than 60% of foods in supermarkets contain ingredients that have been genetically modified.

• Many labels do not tell whether it has GMO ingredients in the food.

• Many companies don’t want to have labels on their product.

• Milkweeds have began to disappear

killing a lot of Monarch butterflies.

• Between 1999-2010 when a lot of GMO crops were rising Monarch eggs declined an estimate of 81%

NEED TO FIND A WAY TO CUT DOWN ON CROPS!!

•130 million acres in 13 countries have GMO crops.

•100’s more designers are coming

Most tomatoes are genetically modified to look good, but lost most of its nutrition.

Real tomatoes

toFake

tomato

SINCE MID-1990 WE HAVE BEEN EATING GMO

FOODS.

What’s inside the food YOUR eating?

Did You Know?

In 2006 more than 1200 lawsuits were filed because of Genetically modified rice seeds.

•Thousands of farmers were driven to suicide because of failure during genetically modifying their crops and lost everything.

BUT ENOUGH BAD NEWS….

A new program at the Rodale Institute brings fresh, high-

quality organic foods to places that are having troubles about foods.

LABELS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY IN WASHINGTON AND OTHER STATE

CAPITALS !

BUT IF WE WORK TOGETHER, … …

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE A CHANGE, ONE

PERSON AT A TIME!

How you can

help….

• Plant a garden

• Eat and buy GMO-FREE foods

How you can help…..

• Join a organization like “Center For Food Safety”

What you can do

•Educate yourself

•Tell people what you have learned

WE CAN ALL MAKE A

GREAT BIG

DIFFERENCE IN THE

WORLD IF WE ALL

WORK TOGETHER!!

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