Protect Monarch Butterflies from Monsanto
- by: Nyack Clancy
- recipient: Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator Gina McCarthy
A new study from researchers from the University of Minnesota and Iowa State University suggests that the increased use of genetically modified crops may be causing monarch butterfly population declines
The number of monarch eggs in the Midwestern United States declined by 81 percent during a period that GM crops became more common on U.S. farms, 1999- 2010.
The widespead use of the Monsanto's herbicide, Roundup, sprayed on fields on genetically modified corn and soybean crops, is killing milkweed; the plant on which monarchs lay their eggs.
We ask the EPA to restict the use of the herbicide, Roundup, and consider current reseach to protect the monarch butterfly.
SOURCE: http://e360.yale.edu/digest/us_monarch_butterfly_decline_may_be_linked_to_gm_crop_use_study_says/3380/
Environmental Protection Agency
Administrator Gina McCarthy
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202-564-4700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GinaMcCarthyEPA
A new study from researchers from the University of Minnesota and Iowa State University suggests that the increased use of genetically modified crops may be causing monarch butterfly population declines
The number of monarch eggs in the Midwestern United States declined by 81 percent during a period that GM crops became more common on U.S. farms, 1999- 2010.
The widespead use of the Monsanto's herbicide, Roundup, sprayed on fields on genetically modified corn and soybean crops, is killing milkweed; the plant on which monarchs lay their eggs.
We ask the EPA to restict the use of the herbicide, Roundup, and consider current reseach to protect the monarch butterfly.
SOURCE: http://e360.yale.edu/digest/us_monarch_butterfly_decline_may_be_linked_to_gm_crop_use_study_says/3380/
Environmental Protection Agency
Administrator Gina McCarthy
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202-564-4700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GinaMcCarthyEPA
