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**LIB TALKS: 2017 Spring Summer TIP Flyer Comes Out
Scary Reports from World Organizations Show Recognition
of the Problems, Less Stinky Schools in New York State,
Importance & Effectiveness of Clever Consumer Approach
**RHODE ISLAND/MA AREA NOTES; Southside Community
Land Trust May Plant Sale (With Music!), Progress Reported
by Rehobeth Anti LNG Group.
**** GOOD NEWS & BAD BUT USEFUL NEWS: Saying “No!”
To Fracking.In Argentina, Monsanto Fraud Increasingly Revealed
& Recognized by World Community
**ACTIONS: Demand Congress Investigate Collusion Between
Monsanto & the EPA, Tell Avon, Mary Kay & OthersTo Disclose
Fragrance Ingredients Now!
**CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN: GMO Quiz, Suggestion
Re: Reporting EMF Problems
**RESOURCES: Antibiotic-Free Meat: A Buying Guide “Seek,
the Untold Story” Movie Discount
(Note: If any links do not work, just copy & paste them
in your browser)
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** GOOD NEWS & INFO IN OUR SPRING FLYER! .Look for it
on our website soon. Includes: Costco policies/commitments
(reply to TIP supporter), other responses to consumer pressure.
Also contains a brief list of clever consumer basics..
**COUNTERING THE MONSANTO MYTH ABOUT
“FEEDING THE WORLD: Several international entities are
standing up to deny fraudulent Monsanto claims, and hold it
accountable. This is a very encouraging development, because
the “feed the world” cries have falsely influenced many to think
GMOs & Glyphosate are “necessary”. Truth will out – they ain’t
“needed” – they’re sickening and, over time, not even effective.
**BREAKING NEWS FROM NEW YORK STATE– LESS STINKY
SCHOOLS! 4-28-17 This just in from Claire Barnett of Healthy
Schools Netwoek: 81% of state agencies are using fragrance
free cleaning products! This is progress & important for those
reacting to these chemicals.
** CLEVER CONSUMER (That’s you!) CAMPAIGN REMINDER:
TIP TALKS seeks to increase your consumer IQ & abilities.
Remember, if you tell the supplier, retailer, or producer what you
will or won’t BUY, they care. Blessings, Liberty G
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RHODE ISLAND/MA AREA NOTES:
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25TH ANNIVERSARY SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY LAND
TRUST (SCLC) PLANT SALE, Sat. May 20 & Sun. May 21
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days. Come to City Farm
at 168 West Clifford (Corner of Dudley),in Providence.
Enjoy Live Music while browsing. For more info,
call 401-273-9419 or see www.southsideclt.org
REPORT FROM NO –REHOBETH-COMPRESSOR GROUP
www.norehobothcompressor.com
CARCS GETS 95% OF THE VOTE!
4-1-17 “Tonight we heard from the citizens of Rehoboth loud & clear!
2,261 said No to the compressor station! 224 voted for it.
Thank you for all of your support. Now the real work begins!”
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GOOD NEWS & BAD, BUT USEFUL, NEWS
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ENTRE RÍOS PROVINCE IN ARGENTINA BANS FRACKING!
From Global Frackdown: https://globalfrackdown.org/about/
Enormous victory! It becomes the first province of the country,
on top of over 50 municipal bans across Argentina. It creates
more protection to the Guaraní Aquifer region, a transboundary
watershed that stretches through Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and
Argentina. One of the biggest in the world.
INTERNATIONAL MONSANTO TRIBUNAL CALLS FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS OVER CORPORATE RIGHTS\
Most opinion tribunals have had a considerable impact,and it is
now accepted that they contribute to the progressive development
of international law.
International Monsanto Tribunal Advisory Opinion,
The Hague, April 18, 2017
www.organicconsumers.org/essays/international-monsanto-tribunal-calls-human-rights-over-corporate-rights
After taking six months to review the testimony of 28 witnesses who
testified during the citizens’ tribunal held in The Hague last October,
the judges were ready to report on their 53-page Advisory Opinion: .
The upshot of the judges’ opinion? Monsanto has engaged in practices
that have violated the basic human right to a healthy environment, the
right to food, the right to health, and the right of scientists to
freely conduct ndispensable research. The judges also called on
international lawmakers to hold corporations like Monsanto accountable,
to place human rights above the rights of corporations, and to “clearly
assert the protection of the environment and establish the crime
of ecocide.” See a summary of the advisory opinion at:
www.organicconsumers.org/sites/default/files/tribunal_summar.pdf
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MONSANTO ISN’T FEEDING THE WORLD
— IT’S KILLING OUR CHILDREN
March 9, 2017 From Organic Consumers Association
www.organicconsumers.org/blog/monsanto-isn’t-feeding-world—it’s-killing-our-children
Two new reports published in recent weeks add to the already large
and convincing body of evidence, accumulated over more than half
a century, that agricultural pesticides & other toxic chemicals are
poisoning us. Both reports issue scathing indictments of U.S. &
global regulatory systems that collude with chemical companies to
hide the truth from the public,while they fill their coffers with
ill-gotten profits.
According to the World Health Organization, whose report focused on
a range of environmental risks, the cost of a polluted environment adds
up to the deaths of 1.7 million children every year. A report by the
Special Rapporteur on the right to food, presented to the United Nations
Human Rights Council, focused more narrowly on agricultural chemicals.
The UN report states unequivocally that the storyline perpetuated by
companies like Monsanto—the one that says we need pesticides to
feed the world —is a myth. And a catastrophic one at that.
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ACTIONS
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DEMAND CONGRESS INVESTIGATE COLLUSION
BETWEEN MONSANTO AND THE EPA! –
The New York Times reported Tuesday (March 14) that a former
high-level EPA official collaborated with Monsanto to bury the truth
about Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller. According to the Times, and
other news outlets, Monsanto and the EPA official may have conducted
a cover-up in order to protect Monsanto’s billion-dollar flagship
product from being taken off the market.
TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress: Investigate the collusion between
Monsanto and the EPA to bury the truth about Roundup. And in the
meantime, ban sales of Roundup until we know the truth!
SIGN THE PETITION: TELL AVON, MARY KAY AND OTHERS
TO DISCLOSE FRAGRANCE INGREDIENTS NOW!
For decades, federal regulations have allowed companies to use
the word “fragrance,” hiding the identity of multiple potentially
hazardous chemicals. But that could be about to change. Unilever,
the multibillion -dollar company behind popular brands like Dove,
Lever 2000 and NEXXUS, has announced a plan to provide more
details about the fragrance ingredients in all of its products. This is
a HUGE step forward and a big opportunity to encourage other
companies to follow suit. Click here to sign EWG’s petition urging
all personal care companies to follow Unilever’s lead & disclose
fragrance ingredients to consumers;
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CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN
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**GMO QUIZ: How much do you really know about GMOs?
Take this 2-minute quiz to get your GMO IQ Score.
www.gmoquiz.com/?utm_campaign=frs17&utm_medium=email&utm_source=email-automated&utm_content=2646&utm_term=existing-email-list&b&email=liberty%40toxicsinfo.org&
ADVERSE EVENT REPORTING SYSTEMS
f or Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Wireless Wearables,
Cars with Smart Meters and Wi-Fi?
To: CA EMF Safety Coalition
<ca-emf-safetycoalition@lists.sonic.net>
Dear All, I have a really good idea. FDA has CAERS- which
deals with cosmetics and food adverse event reporting and FAERS
which deals with adverse event reporting for drugs. I looked at
Consumer Trade Commission website. They appear to have a way
to report unsafe products. I suggest anyone who cannot tolerate
Wi-Fi (bluetooth or a wireless wearable product) report unsafe
products to to the CTC via this link
https://www.saferproducts.gov/CPSRMSPublic/Incidents/ReportIncident.aspx
If we can fill these up with reports (that are really happening)- we can
point to the reports in this database in legal papers in the future.
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RESOURCES
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ANTIBIOTIC-FREE MEAT: A BUYING GUIDE
https://thegrownetwork.com/antibiotic-free-meat/
March 31, 2017, Marjory Wildcraft. A straightforward guide
to help you buy antibiotic-free meat. If you’re not raising your
own livestock, here’s how you can be sure there are no antibiotics
in your meat…(Scroll down for specific label info)
SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY
A Movie From Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT)
Use the code IRTSEED for 10% off when you rent or purchase
the film at seedthemovie.com; 25% of the proceeds will be
donated toIRT. Streaming rental is five days.
http://responsibletechnology.org/3549-2/
This intensely visual film encompasses the story of seeds from
the time of recorded history with a fast forward to modern times
& multinational agrochemical-biotech companies. To completely
understand the peril to human survival if control of food production
is forfeited to a handful of global corporations, you must watch
this film. Highly recommended for educators and study groups.
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BENEFIT TIP WHILE SURFING THE WEB!
USE: www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=818190
AS YOUR BROWSER, & SELECT US AS YOUR CHARITY!
(Uses the Yahoo search engine)
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** SUPPORT TIP WHILE SHOPPING AMAZON
Just go to: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/14-1862385
and the link will take you to the site with TIP already
selected as your charity. You then shop on
smile.amazon.com the same way you would have
shopped on www.amazon.com.,but the donation
will go to us (at no cost to you).
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* *OR MOST OF ALL, MAKE A DONATION:
Mail a check to TIP at the address below
( We are a tax deductible organization)
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TOXICS INFORMATION PROJECT (TIP)
P.O. Box 40572, Providence, RI 02940 Tel. 401-351-9193,
E-Mail: liberty@toxicsinfo.org Website: www.toxicsinfo.org
CONTACT: Liberty Goodwin, Director,
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