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August 4, 1998

An Urgent Message to all Environmentally and Socially Responsible Americans

Right now over 60% of the foods in your local stores contain genetically engineered organisms. Hormones, viruses, bacteria, substances that have never been part of the human food supply now permeate the foods we eat every day. Everything from pizza to chips; soda to baby formula.

There have been no studies or long-term safety testing of these foods. Even worse, none of these foods are labeled so we are denied the basic parental right to choose what we are feeding our families.

Meanwhile, doctors and scientists all over the world are voicing grave concerns about genetically engineered foods, and entire countries are banning them from their borders.

What are they worried about? Allergic reactions, increased estrogen levels, rise in breast and prostate cancer, the creation of super bacteria, the spread of toxic viruses, and much more.

Where do genetically engineered foods come from? They are the brainchild of the same industry that brought us DDT, Agent Orange, and Thalidomide ...

Today these same companies are short-circuiting standards for responsible labeling and testing of the foods we eat. More successfully than any other lobby, they have managed to inhibit the only means of protection consumers have: government regulation and consumer choice. To get a feel for the depth of the genetic engineering crisis, consider this: The biotech industry is well on the way to controlling development, production and processing of our global seed supply. And if they make a mistake, it cannot be fixed - genetic pollution cannot be contained or cleaned up. It will last as long as there is life on earth.

Mothers for Natural Law is sponsoring a nation-wide Right to Know Campaign. Our immediate goal is to collect 1,000,000 names to a petition demanding truthful labeling of genetically engineered foods by Thanksgiving.

How can you jump in?

- Send this letter to everyone on your e-mail list.

- Link your web site to the on-line petition

- Call our office at 515-472-2809 for more information and a hard copy of our petition.

- Duplicate and distribute the petition (with your logo on it) to your mailing list/network, with your newsletter/magazine, in your store/office.

I urge you to step forward to protect the integrity of our planet and safeguard the future for our children.

Sincerely,

Laura Ticciati

Executive Director
Mothers for Natural Law

Mothers for Natural law is a non-profit educational organization coordinating a national public awareness campaign on the dangers of genetically engineered foods and the national coordinator for the Consumer Right to Know - One Million in 98 - Campaign.

Mothers for Natural law
P.O. Box 1177 - Fairfield, Iowa 52556
Phone 515-472-2809 - Fax 515-472-2683
mothers@safe-food.org
www.safe-food.org