Please Vote YES on Prop 37 in CA

Why should you vote yes on 37?  Here is one reason (for a more detailed story, just click the link in blue below - first lifetime feeding study):

All the safety studies submitted to approve GMO seeds were only short term. The world's first lifetime feeding study discovered that rats fed a diet containing 11 percent GE corn developed massive breast tumors, kidney and liver damage and other serious health problems in the 13th month of life. The average life span of a rat is about two years. Again, this was the FIRST study to evaluate the health effects of a GE-containing diet over the course of a lifetime. This despite the fact that the first GE crops were introduced into the US food supply in the mid-90's!

The fact of the matter is that the long-term health effects and safety of these crops have never actually been properly evaluated or affirmed prior to being approved for widespread planting. This information is absolutely critical for American families raising young children. Yet at present, they have no way of avoiding foods that contain GE ingredients, should they wish to do so.

To put the findings of this animal feeding study into human perspective, if the average lifespan of a person is 80 years, these health problems would start rearing their ugly head somewhere during the 43rd year of life, provided your diet contained just over 10 percent GE foods and you began eating them in early childhood.

Well, guess what?

Any child in the US who eats processed foods on a regular basis consumes at least 10 percent GE ingredients. The actual percentage is in fact likely to be FAR higher than that. According to a shocking report released by the Environmental Working Group on October 15, Americans are eating their weight and more in genetically engineered food every year—an average of 193 pounds of GE foods annually!

"'What's shocking is that Americans are eating so much genetically engineered food, yet there have been zero long-term studies done by the federal government or industry to determine if its consumption could pose a risk health,' said Renee Sharp, lead author of the report and the director of EWG's California office. 'If you were planning on eating your body weight of anything in a year or feeding that much food to your family, wouldn't you first want to know if long-term government studies and monitoring have shown it is safe?'"

Remember when they (the companies that produce the products) told us cigarette smoking was safe?  Then, after many years of use, people started getting sick - and after many years, we finally knew why.  My father was one of them.  He had been a heavy smoker for around 30 years, and although he quit in his early 50's, he still got lung cancer in his mid 70's.  They also told us DDT was safe - we know how that ended, too.  Now they tell us GMO foods are safe - but as  first lifetime feeding study shows, there are some major concerns.  Unlike cigarettes, which foods contain GMO's are currently hidden from your view.  Only organic food is GMO free.

This is why I hope you'll vote yes on 37.  Thanks!