SUPPORT THE CT GMO LABELING BILL TIME IS RUNNING OUT

CT NEEDS IMMEDIATE HELP TO PASS A MANDATORY GMO LABELING LAW

Currently there is a bill in front of the Connecticut legislature that would mandate GMO labeling. This bill would give us the transparency that citizens of 50 other states, including all of Europe, Japan, Brazil, China, Australia, and New Zealand already enjoy. We want the right to know what foods contain GMOs so that we may have the ability to choose whether or not to feed GMOs to our families. GMOs are in 80% -90% of all the processed foods in America, yet most Americans have no idea when they are eating GMOs because of the lack of labeling. If you are eating processed food with derivatives of soy, corn, canola, cottonseed, or sugar beets, and that food has not been certified organic or verified as Non GMO by the Non GMO Project, then you are consuming GMOs. Through several animal studies GMOs have been linked with the following health problems: allergies, gastrointestinal disease, pre cancerous cell growth, infertility, changes in major organs, and accelerated signs of aging. The American Academy of Environmental Medicine urges physicians to advise their patients to eat a GMO free diet.

If CT HB 5117, the mandatory GMO labeling bill, is not called for a vote before May 9th, the bill will die. Righttoknowct.org needs YOUR help to get this bill passed. Regardless of what state you live in, HB 5117 will affect you! If CT can lead the way for GMO labeling legislation, other states will follow. If this bill is defeated, it will deter other states from attempting to pass similar legislation and the Biotech industry will have yet another victory.

BELOW ARE ACTION STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO SUPPORT THE CT GMO LABELING BILL. TIME IS RUNNING OUT. RIGHTTOKNOWCT.ORG NEEDS YOUR HELP NOW.

# 1

PLEASE CALL AND E-MAIL THE CT HOUSE LEADERSHIP URGING THEM TO CALL HB 5117 FOR A VOTE THIS WEEK

Speaker of the House:

Christopher Donovan,

Christopher.Donovan@cga.ct.gov

860-240-8500, 1-800-842-1902

House Majority Leader:

J. Brendan Sharkey (D)

Brendan.Sharkey@cga.ct.gov

1-800-842-1902 | (860) 240-8500

House Republican Leader:

Lawrence F. Cafero, Jr. (R)

Larry.Cafero@housegop.ct.gov

1-800-842-1423

# 2
TELL CONNECTICUT LEGISLATORS TO SUPPORT OUR RIGHT TO KNOW

Tell your legislators to vote in favor of CT HB 5117, a mandatory GMO labeling bill. Go to www.righttoknowct.org to send letters to CT legislators asking them to support the bill. Click on the link and it will only take minutes.

# 3

E-MAIL AND CALL GOVERNOR MALLOY
Governor Shumlin of Vermont has already succumbed to the pressures of Monsanto and is refusing to support Vermont's GMO labeling bill, we CAN NOT allow this to happen in CT. E-mail and call Governor Malloy in CT and tell him to support our right to know and support CT HB 5117. Tell Governor Malloy that CT is not alone, the country stands behind Connecticut's efforts to mandate GMO labeling.

Governor Malloy

www.governor.ct.gov (click contact link to send e-mail)

1-860-566-4840 / 1800-406-1527