From the Food and Water Watch Kickoff Meeting Press Release:
Do you have a right to know what’s in your food?
Our answer is yes. At Food and Water Watch, we’re launching the “Let Me Decide” campaign to require the labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods in Illinois. We, as consumers, should have a choice whether or not to eat potentially harmful GE foods. Join the Champaign-Urbana community at this exciting campaign kickoff meeting. RSVP TODAY
When: Wednesday, Sept 19, 7:00–8:00 p.m.
Where: Urbana Free Library, 210 W. Green Street, Urbana
What: Learn more about this important grassroots campaign to label genetically engineered foods in Illinois and how you can help us win. Definitely bring friends and family! Let’s build a powerful community of people standing up and saying we have the right to know what’s in our food.
Learn more about GE foods here.
Questions? Contact Hanna.
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Campaign background information:
Around 90 percent of corn and soy in America — which are the key ingredients in most processed foods — is genetically engineered. There are no long term health studies to show these foods are safe to eat or safe for the environment. And yet, the industries that develop these foods aren’t required to tell consumers what they’re eating.
So at Food and Water Watch, we’re working to get genetically engineered foods labeled in Illinois, so that we, as consumers can decide whether or not to eat these foods. Just as labels list fat, sodium and sugar, labels should tell the buyer whether or not the product includes potentially unsafe genetically engineered ingredients.
Every day, more and more people are exposed to potentially unsafe health impacts, so we need to get these foods labeled now. To introduce a bill during the next Senate session that makes labeling the law, we need a commitment from our state representatives by the end of this year. If we build a groundswell of public support, our state representatives will listen to us. With enough pressure from people like you who live in this area–when enough people like you speak up — we will win. We need your help right now.