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But Monsanto's own documents and emails have revealed the company's <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2019\/jun\/02\/monsanto-manipulates-journalists-academics\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deceptive efforts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to manipulate the media in favor of its product's safety.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monsanto has worked hard to convince us its product is safe \u2014 but meanwhile, the World Health Organization has labeled glyphosate as a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iarc.fr\/featured-news\/media-centre-iarc-news-glyphosate\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cprobable human carcinogen.\u201d<\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n<b>Our families' health isn't worth the risk. The EPA should ban Roundup unless and until it is proven safe by independent research.<\/b>\r\n<h3><strong>Toxic glyphosate is everywhere<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even if you don't use it in your own lawn or garden, glyphosate is nearly impossible to avoid contact with.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So much glyphosate is used in agriculture that traces of it creep into food and drink of all kinds. <\/span><b>Traces of glyphosate have been <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/usdev.pirg-test.com\/feature\/usp\/glyphosate-pesticide-beer-and-wine\"><b>detected<\/b><\/a><b> everywhere from ice cream and children's cereal to beer and wine.<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That's why calling on the EPA is so important. The agency has the power to regulate the use of glyphosate nationwide \u2014 that's how we can keep it off the shelves of your garage, out of public parks and gardens, and far away from the fields where the food that eventually makes its way onto your table is grown.<\/span>\r\n<h3><strong>Together, we can keep our communities safe from toxic pesticides<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At PIRG, we have years of experience campaigning to protect the public from toxic threats. We know we can win with your support \u2014 because together, we've won before.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>A pesticide called chlorpyrifos was used on crops for decades, even though chlorpyrifos exposure was linked to brain damage in children.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To tackle the problem PIRG and our national network kicked off a campaign to ban chlorpyrifos, and we had our work cut out for us.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We mobilized to gather more than 27,000 petition signatures to the EPA urging the agency to ban chlorpyrifos \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/18\/climate\/pesticides-epa-chlorpyrifos.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and in 2021, we won<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Every step of the way, this victory was made possible by supporters like you.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Your voice can make all the difference. 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