Why does the US keep poisoning our children?

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.ufwaction.org/campaign/endosulfan708?qp_source=web

Deadly pesticide endosulfan banned in the European Union and 20 nations, but in the United States the EPA allows its continued use.

The UFW and a broad coalition of farm worker, public health, and environmental groups just filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop the continued use of the hazardous pesticide endosulfan. Science clearly shows that the use of this chemical puts the health of exposed farm workers and children in agricultural communities at risk.

Endosulfan is part of the same family of chemicals as DDT, which the EPA banned in 1972. It is persistent in the environment and can be found in regions far from where it was applied. The EPA’s own analysis confirmed that the pesticide poses severe risks to humans and only minimal benefits to growers. Approximately 1.38 million pounds of endosulfan were used annually in the United States as of 2002--the most recent year for which national usage data are available from the EPA.

Earlier this year, more than 13,000 Americans concerned about these health and environmental risks signed a petition urging the EPA to discontinue endosulfan use. In addition more than 100 environmental and public health groups recently sent a letter to EPA’s Administrator Stephen Johnson and more than 50 international scientists, medical doctors, nurses, and other health professionals have urged the EPA to take action. To date the EPA has not responded.

There’s plenty of evidence and no need for more studies. Join us in demanding that the EPA take action. Send your e-mail today.


TAKE ACTION at link above.

[Spouting Horn]

1. What's up with the

"Si, se puede?"

[Omaha Steve]

2. Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%AD_se_puede

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Sí, se puede (Spanish for "Yes, It can be done!" or "Yes, you (formal) can do it!") is the motto of the United Farm Workers. In 1972, during Cesar Chavez's 25 day fast in Phoenix, Arizona, he and UFW's co-founder, Dolores Huerta came up with the slogan.<1>

The phrase has been widely adopted by other labor unions and civil rights organizations and drew widespread political and media attention as a rallying cry during the 2006 U.S. immigration reform protests. <2><3><4><5><6>
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* 1 English translation
* 2 AeroMexico's trademark application
* 3 Mexican Football
* 4 Further reading
* 5 External Sites
* 6 References

English translation

Sí se puede is usually translated in English as "yes, we can." The more literal translation that the United Farm Workers uses is "Yes, It can be done!"<7> <8>

Senator Barack Obama adopted the English version "Yes, we can!" first during the 2004 Illinois Democratic primary race for U.S. Senate<9>, and it has become a mantra of his 2008 presidential campaign. "Yes, we can!" was the theme of Sen. Obama's speech following his second-place finish in the 2008 New Hampshire primary. <10> Following the speech Obama was endorsed by the Culinary Workers Union in the Nevada Democratic Caucus <11>, though it is important to note that news of the endorsement had already been circulating prior to this speech.<12>The phrase was also used in the song "Yes We Can", which was performed by numerous celebrities in support of Obama.<13>. Another video created in support of Obama's 2008 presidential bid, entitled Sí Se Puede Cambiar written and performed by Andres Useche and directed by Eric Byler was released on on YouTube on February 22, 2008.

AeroMexico's trademark application

After AeroMexico, a Mexican airline, had filed a trademark application for "Sí se puede" with the US Trademark Office, lawyers for the United Farm Workers defended the phrase as the intellectual property of the UFW. After litigation, AeroMexico agreed not to use the phrase and abandoned its trademark application.<1>

Much more at link.