Help keep bread free from weedkiller
Glyphosate is the most widely sold weedkiller in the world. You might know it as the active ingredient in Roundup. The big chemical companies advise farmers to spray their wheat crops with Glyphosate a few weeks before harvest -- to kill the crop and remove weeds to make it easier for them to harvest. Government figures show its use in UK farming has increased by a shocking 400% in the last 20 years. Nearly a third of UK cereal crops (over 1 million hectares) were sprayed with Glyphosate in 2013.
The problem for consumers is that this chemical doesn't break down immediately, and can follow the grain into food manufacturing processes. Tests by the Defra committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF) have found that as much as 30% of UK bread contained this weedkiller.
Soil Association doesn't think this is right. The International Agency for Research on Cancer, (which is part of the World Health Organisation) has identified Glyphosate as a probable carcinogen to humans. Do we really want to take the chance that this weedkiller is present in our food?
Tell the UK bread manufacturers and retailers including Hovis, Warburtons, Allied Bakery, Brace's and all major supermarkets: We don't want weedkiller in the millions of loaves, toast, bread rolls and sandwiches consumed in UK homes every day. Please ensure that the wheat in your products is not sprayed with Glyphosate.
Outside the UK, there are moves to ban the sale and use of Roundup -- which Dr Robin Mesnage of the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics at Kings College in London revealed tests showed as being 1,000 times more toxic than Glyphosate alone. Denmark, Switzerland, Germany and France have all imposed restrictions -- we must make a stand too.
The problem for consumers is that this chemical doesn't break down immediately, and can follow the grain into food manufacturing processes. Tests by the Defra committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF) have found that as much as 30% of UK bread contained this weedkiller.
Soil Association doesn't think this is right. The International Agency for Research on Cancer, (which is part of the World Health Organisation) has identified Glyphosate as a probable carcinogen to humans. Do we really want to take the chance that this weedkiller is present in our food?
Tell the UK bread manufacturers and retailers including Hovis, Warburtons, Allied Bakery, Brace's and all major supermarkets: We don't want weedkiller in the millions of loaves, toast, bread rolls and sandwiches consumed in UK homes every day. Please ensure that the wheat in your products is not sprayed with Glyphosate.
Outside the UK, there are moves to ban the sale and use of Roundup -- which Dr Robin Mesnage of the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics at Kings College in London revealed tests showed as being 1,000 times more toxic than Glyphosate alone. Denmark, Switzerland, Germany and France have all imposed restrictions -- we must make a stand too.
To the manufacturers of Hovis, Warburtons, Allied Bakery, Brace's and all major supermarkets:
I am joining The Soil Association in asking you to ensure that the wheat in your products is not sprayed with Glyphosate.
Glyphosate is the most widely sold weedkiller in the world. You might know it better as the active ingredient in Roundup. The problem for consumers is that this chemical doesn’t break down immediately and follows the grain into food manufacturing processes. In a recent EU research study*, 7 out of 10 UK city dwellers had traces of Glyphosate in their urine. Tests have also shown that as much as 30% of UK bread contained this weedkiller.
The Soil Association doesn’t think this is right. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (which is part of the World Health Organisation) has identified Glyphosate as a possible carcinogen to humans. Do we really want to take the chance that this chemical is present in our food?
We don't want weedkiller in the millions of loaves, toast, bread rolls and sandwiches consumed in UK homes every day. Please ensure that the wheat in your products is not sprayed with Glyphosate.
[Your comments here]
Sincerely,
[Your name here]
Sign PetitionSign PetitionI am joining The Soil Association in asking you to ensure that the wheat in your products is not sprayed with Glyphosate.
Glyphosate is the most widely sold weedkiller in the world. You might know it better as the active ingredient in Roundup. The problem for consumers is that this chemical doesn’t break down immediately and follows the grain into food manufacturing processes. In a recent EU research study*, 7 out of 10 UK city dwellers had traces of Glyphosate in their urine. Tests have also shown that as much as 30% of UK bread contained this weedkiller.
The Soil Association doesn’t think this is right. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (which is part of the World Health Organisation) has identified Glyphosate as a possible carcinogen to humans. Do we really want to take the chance that this chemical is present in our food?
We don't want weedkiller in the millions of loaves, toast, bread rolls and sandwiches consumed in UK homes every day. Please ensure that the wheat in your products is not sprayed with Glyphosate.
[Your comments here]
Sincerely,
[Your name here]
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