Health & Fitness
GMO's may be the cause of many illnesses, GMO labeling debate is coming to Illinois, Call Your Local State Senate Rep ask them to Co-Sponsor SB1666
HELP! CALL YOUR LOCAL STATE SENATOR AND ASK THEM TO CO-SPONSOR SB1666. FIND OUT WHO YOUR LOCAL REP IS AND CALL THEM.
California Right to Know bill was defeated by big business. Illinois will probably suffer the same fate unless we speak up. Contact your local state rep and ask if they have co-sponsored Senate Bill 1666. In Joliet your rep is Martin Sandoval he has not Co-sponsored bill 1666. Only 18 of 59 state senate members have co-sponsored the bill.
This spring, Illinois legislators will face the issue of whether the state should require labels on foods that have been "entirely or partially produced with genetic engineering."
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The lawmakers will have a difficult time separating the wheat from the chaff on an issue that is generating increased interest nationally, much to the chagrin of Monsanto and a handful of companies that control the hybrid seed market.
State Sen. David Koehler, D-Peoria, has introduced SB1666, the Illinois GMO labeling bill. An inactive United Church of Christ minister and former owner of an organic bakery, Koehler is trying to frame the issue around the consumers' right to know rather than to the contentious science that swirls around the topic.
GMOs in Europe has caused the European Union to ban GMO foods. Today it is virtually impossible to find GMOs in European supermarkets.
In the past two years, voters narrowly defeated labeling referendums in California and Washington state, yet lawmakers in Connecticut and Maine passed bills in June that require labeling on all foods made from GMOs. Twenty states, like Illinois, are considering the issue.
Should we encourage our state reps to vote for GMO labeling on products?
Do you want to know what your eating?
Please support this petition, the link is below. We have two separate petitions. One petition will not be enough to make a dent, two is hardly scratching the surface. But it is a start. Cheers
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/gmo-labeling-in-illinois-1
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/illinois-needs-gmo-labeling
CALL THE REPS LISTED BELOW AND ASK THEM TO CO-SPONSOR Senate Bill 1666
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Michael E. Hastings (708) 283-4125
Linda Holmes 630) 770-7912
Toi W.Hutchinson 708.756.0882
Mike Jacobs (309) 797-0001
Emil Jones, III (773) 995-7748
David Koehler (309) 677-0120
Darin M. LaHood 815-872-1964
Steven M. Landek (708) 430-2510
Pamela J. Althoff 815-455-6330
Jason A Barickman 309-661-2788
Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant 815-254-4211
Daniel Biss 847-568-1250
Tim Bivins 815-233-0037
William E. Brady 217-782-6216
James F Clayborne 618-875-1212
Michael Connelly 630-682-8101
Thomas Cullerton 630-903-6662
Kirk W. Dillard 630-969-0990
Dan Duffy 847-277-7100
Gary Forby 618-465-4764
Michael W. Frerichs 217-442-5252
William R. Haine 618-465-4764
Kimberly A. Lightford 708.343.7444
David S. Luechtefeld 618-243-9014
Andy Manar (618) 635-2583
Sam Mccann 217-245-0050
Kyle McCarter (217) 428-4068
Karen Mcconnaughay 847-214-8245
Pat McGuire 815.207.4445
Jim Oberweis (630) 800-1992
Christine Radogno 630-243-0800
Kwame Raoul (773) 363-1996
Sue Rezin (815) 220-8720
Dale A. Righter (217) 235-6033
Chapin Rose (217) 607-1853
Steve Stadelman (815) 987-7557
John M. Sullivan (217) 222-2295
Dave Syverson (815) 987-7555
Donne E. Trotter (773) 933-7715The organization in support is "California Right to Know" and the organization against is "NO Prop. 37, Stop the Deceptive Food Labeling Scheme". As of November 6, 2012, the total donations to each side were $9.2 million in support, and $46 million in opposition. The top 10 donors to each side are as follows:
- Mercola Health Resources $1,199,000
- Kent Whealy $1,000,000
- Nature's Path Foods $610,709
- Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps $620,883
- Organic Consumers Fund $605,667
- Ali Partovi $288,975
- Mark Squire $258,000
- Wehah Farm $251,000
- Amy's Kitchen $200,000
- The Stillonger Trust (Mark Squire, Trustee) $190,000
- Monsanto Company $8,112,867
- E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co. $5,400,000
- PepsiCo, Inc. $2,585,400
- Grocery Manufacturers Association $2,002,000
- Kraft Foods $2,000,500
- Bayer Cropscience $2,000,000
- Dow AgroSciences $2,000,000
- BASF Plant Science $2,000,000
- Syngenta Corporation $2,000,000
- Coca-Cola North America $1,700,500