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There’s a proposal in the state legislature (SF 2392) that would let ChemChina, Monsanto, and other foreign chemical companies avoid accountability when their pesticides lead to deadly cancer and Parkinson’s for Iowa farmers.
Farmers all across the county have experienced deadly cancer and Parkinson’s from long-term and large scale exposure to pesticides. Dangers that these chemical companies knew about and concealed, and too often have mislead the federal EPA into approving. Paraquat is a pesticide made by ChemChina, a Chinese state-owned enterprise. It’s banned in China in part because it causes Parkinson’s, but they export it to the U.S., killing our farmers.
Farmers have been suing these billion-dollar foreign corporations and winning, and now lobbyists for these chemical companies are trying to pass a bill that prevents any future court case. Bayer/Monsanto profits from failing to warn our farmers that Roundup can cause cancer, and this bill will prevent them from paying for the harm they cause. The Chinese government profits from failing to warn our farmers that their product will cause Parkinson’s disease, and this bill will directly protect China from paying for the harm they cause.
We should be protecting our farmers, not billion-dollar foreign corporations like ChemChina.
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