BREAKING: CA Office of
Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), State Agency which administers Proposition
65* (Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986), announced a
PUBLIC HEARING, PRESS CONFERENCE and NEW PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD to DECIDE adoption of No Significant Risk Level (NSRL). Proposed
is 1100 micrograms allowable daily exposure to glyphosate
(ingredient
in RoundUp), on the State’s Prop 65 toxics list. LIVE HEARING WEBCAST: https://video.calepa.ca.gov/
California OEHHA, (part
of the Cal/EPA, California Environmental Protection Agency),
confirmed in 2017, that glyphosate (in RoundUp) will be added to
the *CA State Proposition 65 toxics list), to be labeled a
carcinogen,
due to the record-breaking 9,100+ Public Comments like ours! It’s time to BREAK
THAT RECORD!
Studies globally show 1100 micrograms daily to be far too high an exposure
level. Glyphosate, herbicide, endocrine disruptor and antibiotic, one of
the most commonly used herbicides in the world, is most closely associated with
GMO (genetically modified organism) crops, engineered to resist glyphosate.
COMMENTS not limited to
Californians must be received by 5:00
p.m., Wed. June 21, 2017 (See: Pg. 2 for talking points) Please
consider including the following message:
I/We
request that the Prop 65 NSRL (No Significant Risk Level) for glyphosate must
be a validly arrived at NSRL, per CA regulations, substantially lower than the
proposed 1100 micrograms per day, in order for this Safe Harbor to actually be
safe to Californians. Until a comprehensive independent study is done, showing
real life exposure levels, regulatory authorities should use a NSRL of well
below, the concentration where it stimulated breast cancer cells in vitro at
levels as low as 1ppb (Thongprakaisang et al., 2013), in
keeping with The Precautionary Principle.
LINKS to Choose:
CA State Website or Email to Comment (Please do not comment on both):
*What is California Proposition 65? Proposition 65 requires the
State to publish a list of chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. This
list, which must be updated at least once a year, has grown to include
approximately 800 chemicals since it was first published in 1987. Proposition 65 requires businesses to notify Californians about significant amounts of chemicals
in the products they purchase, in their homes or workplaces, or that are
released into the environment.
Please feel free to consider including some of the following
in your Public Comments:
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There is no safe level because
glyphosate bio-accumulates in our bodies, so no matter how small an amount is
set by NSRL levels, that amount is certain to increase in our brains, tissues,
bodily fluids, as we eat more food and drink water that contain it. "Because it bio-accumulates, there is
no safe level of exposure to Glyphosate herbicides." –Prof.
Dr. Giles-Eric Seralini
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A single oatmeal cookie from the CA
State Capitol Building’s Café, tested in 2016 for glyphosate, contained 311 micrograms (ppb, or micrograms).
The 1,100 micrograms that OEHHA is proposing
is far too high and can be easily consumed daily by the average human, According
to a report by Dr. Oz, more than 80 percent of
the foods we
eat on a daily basis contain one or more types of GMOs https://draxe.com/genetically-modified-foods-get-the-facts/
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California surface waters
containing glyphosate at the lowest level are 0.02micrograms, (which is
lower than the 0.1 micrograms fed to the lab rats), so these waters will be
unprotected. (USGS Survey)
v According to “The
Detox Project” sponsored by Food Democracy Now, glyphosate has been found at
alarming levels in a wide range of best-selling foods across the United States
in the first independent glyphosate residue testing study using liquid
chromatography. https://detoxproject.org/food-testing-results/
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Allowable glyphosate levels: European Union (EU) — 0.3 milligrams per kilo per day (mg/kg/day)
compared to 1.75 mg/kg/day for U.S. (Benbrook 2016).
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