

Stop the Use of Genetically-Engineered Crops in National Wildlife Sanctuaries


Stop the Use of Genetically-Engineered Crops in National Wildlife Sanctuaries
The Issue
The US Fish and Wildlife Service at the US Department of the Interior recently announced it would halt the planting of genetically-engineered crops in Northeastern National Wildlife Refuges, in a settlement to a lawsuit from several advocacy groups.
However, this practice continues in Southeast refugees. The planting of genetically-engineered crops in these environmentally-sensitive and protected areas threatens native flora and fauna. These unnatural crops require pesticides which pollute the environment, threaten native plants, have the ability to create pesticide-resistant super-weeds and are dangerous to local wildlife and birds.
Ask the US Fish and Wildlife Service to extend their ban on the planting of these crops to Southern wildlife refuges.

The Issue
The US Fish and Wildlife Service at the US Department of the Interior recently announced it would halt the planting of genetically-engineered crops in Northeastern National Wildlife Refuges, in a settlement to a lawsuit from several advocacy groups.
However, this practice continues in Southeast refugees. The planting of genetically-engineered crops in these environmentally-sensitive and protected areas threatens native flora and fauna. These unnatural crops require pesticides which pollute the environment, threaten native plants, have the ability to create pesticide-resistant super-weeds and are dangerous to local wildlife and birds.
Ask the US Fish and Wildlife Service to extend their ban on the planting of these crops to Southern wildlife refuges.

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Petition created on January 11, 2011