We have a right to know what we’re feeding our families — period. There are 64 industrialized countries which have GMO labeling laws, but the U.S., the very country that manufactures most of the world’s GMOs, does not allow its own citizens to know. Corporate giants behind No-522 are spending millions on negative ads hoping to defeat the initiative — they do not want GMO ingredients disclosed. Some include: The Grocery Manufacturers Association (food and beverage giants like Pepsi, Coke, Kraft, Kellogg’s and General Mills), Monsanto (seller of genetically engineered seeds and the herbicide Roundup). We need to ask ourselves why. (All donations disclosed at: www.pdc.wa.gov. Click: “Search the Database — Committees — Cash Contributions”).
If our government won’t tell us where GMOs are, the companies who make GMOs refuse to tell us, and the food companies who use GMOs refuse to tell us, we need to take action and vote for our rights. Washington residents initiated I-522 because we want the truth. Ninety-three percent of Americans think foods containing genetically engineered ingredients should be identified (New York Times poll, 2013). I am voting “yes” on 522 because this is not a controversial issue, this is a human rights issue.
Jenness Schrenzel
BATTLE GROUND
