"Action Opportunities" Like This Are Precursors to Electronic Voting -- Please Make The Effort !!!

Flower Child (nternet@c2i2.com)
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Dear Families,  I see "action opportunities" like this as precursors to
direct national and international electronic voting on issues.  Please
support this now in its inception.  Thank you,
                          Flower Child
  Click to open attachment.  Send in your "vote."  Here's the Subject line I
used to Mr. Al Gore:  "Veto Appropriations Bill Rolling Back the 2001 Ban of
Toxic Pesticide Methyl Bromide".

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FWD From: Patricia Dines <PDines@compuserve.com>

Hi all - 

Pro-pesticide forces want to delay the planned phaseout of methyl bromide
(MB) in the US by 4 years (isn't THAT a surprise!).  They've convinced
Congress to go along, including it as a rider on a larger bill, and it
heads for the President's desk.  Please encourage him to veto this!  MB is
highly toxic, a rapid ozone depleter, and truly harms us all.  And it has
many wonderful alternatives - the community doesn't need to have 4 more
years of exposure to it!  Other countries are leading the way in phasing MB
out faster, not slower.  Let's call for the US to start being a leader in
this, not destruction! More info below.

Best regards -

Patricia Dines <PDines@compuserve.com>
Community Action Publications

p.s.  please feel free to contact me or PAN (info below) if you want more
info on MB, alternatives, and/or the "Bromide Barons" (the corporations
clinging to their stake in producing and distributing it - no matter the
cost to us all).

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From: INTERNET:panupdates@igc.apc.org
Date: Wed, Oct 7, 1998, 2:30 PM
Subject: PANUPS: Methyl Bromide Alert
To: panups@igc.apc.org

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P A N U P S
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Pesticide Action Network 
North America
Updates Service
http://www.panna.org/panna/
email panna@panna.org
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Action Alert: Stop Delay of U.S. Methyl Bromide Ban

A coalition of non-governmental organizations is calling for 
action to stop U.S. legislation that (1) pushes back the U.S. 
ban of methyl bromide from 2001 to 2005, and (2) allows 
producers to continue exporting methyl bromide after the ban 
is in place. The U.S. Congress passed the measure as part 
of an agricultural appropriations bill on Tuesday, October 6. 
The coalition asks those concerned to call Vice President Al 
Gore and urge the Clinton Administration to veto the 
legislation. The coalition includes the Pesticide Action 
Network North America, Friends of the Earth, Ozone Action 
and Environmental Working Group.

Methyl bromide is a highly toxic, ozone depleting pesticide 
used as a soil fumigant to control pests on some crops, 
including strawberries and tomatoes. Dangerous levels of the 
toxic gas from fumigated fields have been documented near 
schools and residential neighborhoods in areas where 
the pesticide is used. 

Methyl bromide destroys the ozone layer at a very rapid rate. 
Scientists report that the ozone layer will reach its peak 
level of destruction in the next 10 years. An extension of 
methyl bromide use in the US - which uses more methyl bromide 
than any other country - will cause tremendous damage during 
this critical time. Ozone depletion contributes to increased 
UV radiation, that causes skin cancer, eye cataracts and 
weakening of the immune system.

In the United States, methyl bromide producers and users have 
worked to delay the 2001 ban since it was established under 
the U.S. Clean Air Act in 1993, and are doubling their 
efforts as the date nears. Alternatives have been documented 
for almost all uses of methyl bromide. Under the 
international Montreal Protocol Agreement, all industrialized 
countries will phase out methyl bromide by 2005 with interim 
reductions. The proposed U.S. legislation brings the U.S. 
into alignment with this slower schedule at a time when many 
other industrialized countries are speeding up their phaseout 
schedules.

Action: Please call or email Vice President Al Gore as soon 
as possible at (202) 456-2326 or 
"vice_president@whitehouse.gov" and ask the Administration to 
veto the agricultural appropriations bill now being 
considered by Congress that would roll back the 2001 ban of 
the toxic pesticide methyl bromide.

Source/contact: Pesticide Action Network North America

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49 Powell St., Suite 500, San Francisco, California 94102
Phone (415) 981-1771
Fax (415) 981-1991
Email: panna@panna.org  
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