Tell the EPA: Ban glyphosate once and for all!

The EPA just found that the pesticide glyphosate -- a.k.a Bayer-Monsanto’s Roundup®-- is likely to injure or kill 93% of endangered species. These shocking impacts on the nation’s most vulnerable species are impossible to ignore. Will you take action to save endangered species from toxic pesticides?

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To the Environmental Protection Agency:

Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world, most well-known under the trade name Roundup. Based on the science of glyphosate’s harm to human health and the environment, 29 countries and over 100 U.S. cities across have already implemented policies to restrict or ban its use. Yet,  the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has allowed glyphosate to remain on the market.

I strongly urge the EPA to protect people and the planet by banning glyphosate.

The EPA’s draft biological evaluation found that glyphosate is a threat to over 2,400 species and habitats. It is likely to cause harm or death to 93% of endangered plants and animals protected under the Endangered Species Act.

Additionally, multiple studies show that glyphosate -- widely used along the migration route for monarch butterflies -- is virtually wiping out milkweed, the only food young monarchs eat. Monarch butterfly populations have fallen by over ninety percent in the past two decades while glyphosate use has skyrocketed.

Glyphosate exposure is also associated with a range of serious harms to human health. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen. It is also linked to increased risk of kidney and liver disease, shortened pregnancy, hormone disruption, and more.

The serious impacts of glyphosate on endangered species and human health are clear. I ask that the EPA follow the evidence and protect our health and the environment by banning glyphosate.

Sincerely,
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