Dear friends,
This is massive:
we could be about to beat Monsanto, crumbling the cornerstone of its billion-dollar empire! Six times Europe has tried to get Monsanto's toxic mega-killer glyphosate relicensed. Six times we've blocked it -- and
now opposition is so strong we could win a total ban. There's only eight days until the vote, and France and Germany are the key. They just temporarily stopped the relicensing, but now they're under huge pressure to cave.
That's where we come in. If just 40,000 of us chip in today,
Avaaz can launch an emergency campaign to beat Monsanto with urgent mobilisations in Paris and Berlin, and meetings and media to ensure politicians across Europe stay strong.
We're so close to beating Monsanto and getting this killer off the shelves -- chip in:
Monsanto thought that getting glyphosate's licence renewed would just be a rubber stamp, even though top scientists said it probably causes cancer. But after a mega-petition with two million Avaazers, thousands of messages to Ministers, polls, ads, and scientific and legal presentations, the media says
we've "blindsided" Monsanto! A win in Europe will threaten Monsanto's entire business model, worldwide -- glyphosate is the most commonly used weed killer! Countries from the U.S. to Australia are watching closely. If Europe acts now, it would start a ripple effect that could finally mean a global ban.
Monsanto is covering social media with ads and unleashing an army of lobbyists to protect their poison. But we're winning, and if enough of us chip in now, Avaaz can counter their ads and overwhelm ministers with voters' voices.
We're extraordinarily close to banishing this poison -- now let's win: Against the odds we've been beating one of the most powerful corporations in the world. For two years. At every vote. We're now at the last hurdle. Let's all pitch in, and ensure this chemical isn't poisoning us and our planet.
With hope and determination,
Oliver, Alice, Allison, Marigona, Camille, Ricken, and the whole Avaaz team
More information:
How grassroots lobbying blindsided Monsanto (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-weedkiller-wars-glyphosate-roundup-who-european-commission/ Monsanto's weed killer Roundup faces new doubts on safety in unsealed documents (NY Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/business/monsanto-roundup-safety-lawsuit.html?_r=0 Glyphosate -- Crushed it!! (Avaaz)
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/nothing_we_cant_do/ EU Commission proposes five-year extension for herbicide glyphosate (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-health-glyphosate/eu-commission-proposes-five-year-extension-for-herbicide-glyphosate-idUSKBN1CW0SN EU on brink of historic decision on pervasive glyphosate weedkiller (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/24/eu-brink-historic-decision-pervasive-glyphosate-weedkiller 
