Strawberries Shouldn't Cause Cancer

Methyl iodide, approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2007, is dangerously close to being approved as a soil fumigant for strawberry crops in California and spreading as a widely-used pesticide for crops around the country.

Methyl iodide causes cancer, is a known neurotoxin and thyroid disruptor and has also been proven to cause spontaneous abortions in late-term pregnancies.  It is so toxic that it is used to intentionally induce cancer cells in lab settings.  And yet, the EPA has decided that methyl iodide is fit for our food, for our communities and for our bodies. 

The EPA can reverse its decision on methyl iodide at any point.  Now is the time to make sure they do so. 

We will deliver your comments to the EPA by the end of June in collaboration with CREDO Action and the Pesticide Action Network of North America (PANNA). By signing the petition, you agree to receive periodic updates on offers and activism opportunities from Fresh and CREDO.  

Methyl iodide is a known carcinogen, thyroid disruptor, and neurotoxin, and presents clear dangers to farm workers and surrounding populations when used for broadcast agricultural applications. We urge you to immediately re-evaluate the EPA's decision to register methyl iodide as a soil fumigant.
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Number Date Name Location
8138 Thu Jul 01 14:35:06 EDT 2010 Tina Peters Los Angeles, CA , US
8137 Thu Jul 01 13:45:54 EDT 2010 SCOTT CORSI MUSKEGO, US+WI , US
8136 Thu Jul 01 13:22:29 EDT 2010 Harvey Liss Irvine, CA , US
8135 Thu Jul 01 11:20:24 EDT 2010 Anonymous Irvine, CA , US
8134 Wed Jun 30 21:40:52 EDT 2010 Joyce Jost Montpelier, VA , US
8133 Wed Jun 30 16:13:50 EDT 2010 Michelle Miranda-Albanese Pleasanton, CA , US
8132 Wed Jun 30 15:47:30 EDT 2010 Lori Hyde Woodbridge, VA , US It absolutely defies logic that poison of any kind is sprayed on our food...
8131 Wed Jun 30 12:42:39 EDT 2010 Anonymous St Augustine, FL , US
8130 Wed Jun 30 12:14:53 EDT 2010 Anonymous seattle, US+WA , US Even those of us who can't afford to buy organic strawberries deserve fruit that won't make us sick!

It's also incredibly short-sighted to use such a dangerous chemical on a crop that is picked More....
8129 Wed Jun 30 10:59:15 EDT 2010 Mary Heaton Norwich, NY , US
8128 Wed Jun 30 09:44:56 EDT 2010 Caitlin Schroering Jacksonville, US+FL , US
8127 Wed Jun 30 09:14:08 EDT 2010 Vaughan Greene Panama City Beach, FL , US
8126 Wed Jun 30 03:11:17 EDT 2010 Anonymous Stourbridge, ot , GB I live in the UK and we are not allowed to stop this, so I have a right to sign this too. No US strawberries for me until this is stopped- you are poisoning us.
8125 Wed Jun 30 01:42:00 EDT 2010 Will Cravens Louisville, US+KY , US I will not be buying anymore strawberries until this decision is reversed.
8124 Wed Jun 30 00:35:02 EDT 2010 Anonymous San Carlos, CA , US Keep our families and children away from this toxic chemical.
8123 Tue Jun 29 23:22:09 EDT 2010 Heidi Reinberg Brooklyn, NY , US No!
8122 Tue Jun 29 21:49:54 EDT 2010 Anonymous Oceanside, CA , US I live directly adjacent to Strawberry crops here in the North County of San Diego, California and am alarmed by the proposed reversal on the issue of Methyl Iodide, regarding Arysta® LifeScience™’s product More....
8121 Tue Jun 29 20:56:30 EDT 2010 Judith Fayette Ferndale, US+WA , US I feel like I should only eat what I grow. It's not safe to eat anything anymore unless you know where it came from. I ate a strawberry the other day that my husband grew. It tasted wonderful and didn't More....
8120 Tue Jun 29 19:11:31 EDT 2010 Lisa Noe Decatur, IL , US
8119 Tue Jun 29 18:44:26 EDT 2010 Christine Seitsinger La Verne, CA , US
8118 Tue Jun 29 17:10:25 EDT 2010 Rita Skinner Wallace, NS , CA I urge you not to approve methyl iodide as a soil fumigant as it is dangerous to our health, we, the taxpayers who eat those strawberries and feed them to our children...isn't the world bad enough; don't More....
8117 Tue Jun 29 17:10:23 EDT 2010 Rita Skinner Wallace, NS , CA I urge you not to approve methyl iodide as a soil fumigant as it is dangerous to our health, we, the taxpayers who eat those strawberries and feed them to our children...isn't the world bad enough; don't More....
8116 Tue Jun 29 16:49:24 EDT 2010 Jordan Weiland Lakeland, FL , US
8115 Tue Jun 29 16:32:56 EDT 2010 Robert Winthrop Miami, FL , US
8114 Tue Jun 29 16:08:37 EDT 2010 Ginny Reese Keswick, US+VA , US
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