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Have a heart: Help farm workers get methyl iodide banned‏Telecom Rip-Off: The Hidden Fees in Your Wireless and Phone Bills  The Dark Side of Chocolate: What Our Love Affair With Cocoa Means for the World  @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Have a heart: 
Help farm workers get
methyl iodide bannedOn Tuesday, February 14th, Valentine's Day, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to vote on whether or not to draft a resolution calling on the state to ban methyl iodide in California's agricultural fields.

Dozens of farm workers will be on hand to plead with their elected officials to ban this dangerous pesticide.

Strawberry worker Miriam Garcia, is planning on being there. She has a 6 year old son who suffered birth defects and is now permanently disabled. She believes she was exposed to pesticides during her pregnancy while working in strawberry fields and she blames her son's birth defects on the chemicals. I oppose [methyl iodide] because I work in the fields. I’m opposed to it because it causes cancer. When people are pregnant their kids can come out with defects." 

If not, you can still make a difference on this issue, by signing the petition the workers and other environmental groups have put together demanding a permanent ban on methyl iodide.

The time is ripe for change. Just last week, Governor Brown appointed Brian Leahy as the new Director of California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). This puts California in a position to reverse the Schwarzenegger administration's decision to permit the use of methyl iodide. More than 85% of the country’s strawberries are grown in California, so actions here will have national implications.

Methyl iodide is a known carcinogen that could cause spontaneous miscarriages and contaminate groundwater. Injecting it as a gas into the soil presents unacceptable risks to farm workers, nearby rural communities, pregnant women and children. This toxic chemical is clearly dangerous, has no safe place in agriculture and should be banned.

SIGN THE PETITION TODAY! And if possible, please add a paragraph personalizing your comment.
http://action.ufw.org/mei212
After you take action please share this campaign with your friends and family. You can send them an e-mail, post this campaign on your Facebook and/or Twitter page by clicking here or going tohttps://secure.ufw.org/page/share/mei212Join the UFW Delegation at the Monterey County Board of Supervisors
Meeting on
Methyl IodideDate: 
Tuesday, February 14thTime: 
Session is scheduled from
10:30-11:30am* Arrive at 10 am to sign up
for public commentsLocation: 
Monterey County
Government Center
168 W. Alisal,1st Floor,
Salinas, CA 93901If you live in the area, please join Miriam and the UFW delegation. Click here to RSVP and let us know you are attending.   
Check out our website at: www.ufw.org and keep up with the latest news.Check out the UFW's Social Networking pages. Click to visit our Facebook Fan Page, Facebook Cause,YouTube, Flickr, MySpace,and Care2 pages. Please link to us and become our "Friend" and follow us on Twittertoo!If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for the UFW List Serve.If you want to change your mailing address and/or phone number click hereIf you want to receive our alerts at a different e-mail address, send an e-mail to ufwofamer at aol.comPlease add us to your safelist: Please add ufwofamer at aol.com to your address book so that our messages don’t get trapped in your spam filter. If you have questions about how to do this, drop us an e-mail.Privacy PolicyTo unsubscribe, go to: http://action.ufw.org/unsubscribeThis email was sent to cgpelayo at hotmail.com.United Farm Workers,  P.O. Box 62, Keene, CA 93531, http://www.ufw.org
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