Action Needed by April 22- Ask Congress To Co-Sponsor the Pingree-Massie Protect Our Health Amendment and To File An Amendment on the Farm Bill
Action Needed Urgently for the Farm Bill
Dear PERK Community,
The Moms Across America Movement has asked for our support to request PERK members take action.
The deadline for amendments is 12 noon, Wednesday, April 22 at 12 noon. It is going to the Rules Committee on Monday at 5 pm.
The Deadline Is Wednesday, April 22 at 12 Noon. We are asking everyone to send this email first thing in the morning. It will be sent to Congress and ask members to file or support an amendment removing Subtitle C, Part 1 and to co-sponsor the Pingree-Massie Protect Our Health Amendment. The ask is focused on Protecting Our Children, Not Pesticide Company Profits. We are requesting any member of Congress file an amendment to remove Subtitle C, Part 1 of the Farm Bill.
The action link asks Representatives to:
File an amendment to remove Subtitle C Part 1.
OR File an amendment to remove Sections 10202 and 10204, which are a part of Subtitle C Part 1 but do not have an amendment filed thus far to remove them.
Support the Pingree-Massie Amendment, the Protect Our Health Amendment, by being a CO- SPONSOR of this amendment and then voting for it to be removed.
Please know the action link takes an unusual amount of time to load and process each page due to the high volume of emails it’s sending. So, be patient. We need those emails sent!
Thank you!
PERK
Direct Message and Points from Moms Across America About the Farm Bill
Section 10205 does not hold bad actors accountable – the provision is drafted so that liability protections are lost only in very narrow circumstances for a limited period of time, granting most pesticide manufacturers a near-unlimited liability shield. And while enforcement at EPA has dropped to historic lows, cases are rarely brought against pesticide manufacturers, and labs would often be the “entity” penalized under Section 136l of FIFRA.
EPA statistically fails to warn about cancer risks that the Agency itself has determined cause cancer. A recent survey of all pesticide labels approved by the EPA show that only 1.4% (69 of 4,919) of pesticide products designated as “probable” or “likely” to cause cancer currently carry any accompanying warning label. Meaning that 98% of all pesticide products on the market are reaching consumers without any notification of their cancer-causing potential.
PESTICIDE PROVISIONS to REMOVE and WHY:
Sec. 10202: Requires EPA to coordinate with USDA and weigh economic viability in pesticide risk and safety decisions. This embeds production economics directly into health protection decisions, putting business before safety.
Sec. 10204: Extends a statutory deadline requiring EPA to re-review all pesticides until 2031, allowing unsafe chemicals to remain on the market and delaying much-needed endocrine screenings for dozens of hormone-disrupting chemicals.
*SEC. 10205: UNIFORMITY OF PESTICIDE LABELING REQUIREMENTS. This section blocks states, local, and court rights and effectively gives immunity for lawsuits.
Sec. 10206: Bans local governments from implementing local pesticide restrictions, meaning that hundreds of towns and cities across the country will lose protections put in place to stop glyphosate use in schools, playgrounds, and community parks.
Sec. 10207: Loosens restrictions on pesticides sprayed directly into bodies of water, threatening safe drinking water by allowing excess chemical contamination. Section 10207 overrides all other laws, potentially weakening environmental oversight, and delaying overdue toxicity reviews.
Sec. 10211: While Section 10211 improves data collection, the package overall reduces pressure on EPA to speed up backlogged safety reviews.