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Mission Viejo, CA julio 10, 2018, Mamás en toda América and consumers have initiated a campaign to urge Home Depot and Lowes, two of the largest retailers of Monsanto’s weed killer redondeo, to pull the products from the shelves due to improper labeling and their carcinogenic effects.

“Home Depot and Lowes promote the sale of redondeo not just in their weed and pest control sections but in several prominent places throughout their stores. This is blatant preferential promotion of a carcinogenic product during a time when 1 out 3 people in America are expected to get cancer, according to The American Cancer Society. Without proper labeling, this is misleading and irresponsible. Even if there were proper labeling, we urge retailers to listen to the consumers calling their offices and pull the product from the shelves to protect their customers,” said Zen Honeycutt, Founding Executive Director of Moms Across America.

Glyphosate, an ingredient in Monsanto’s redondeo, was placed on the CA EPA Prop 65 carcinogen list on julio 7, 2017. According to thirty years of California EPA Policy, one year later all products in California that contained the chemical glyphosate were identified to be labeled with a warning label for carcinogenic and/or reproductive effects. This CA Prop 65 warning label mandate did not happen by its scheduled julio 7 2018 date of enactment because Monsanto sued and the judge temporarily placed a stay on that procedure.

The request coincides with the week of the commencement of the Johnson v Monsanto trial. Dewayne Johnson, a 46-year-old pesticide applicator for the Benicia, California school district, used redondeo hundreds of times over a period of about three years and now has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Studies have shown an increased risk of contracting non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with glyphosate herbicide exposure. Despite wearing full protective gear, over 80% of his body is covered with lesions and doctors predict he has two years to live. Johnson has a wife and three children.

La Agencia Internacional para la Investigación del Cáncer (IARC) clasificó al glifosato como un probable carcinógeno en marzo de 2015. Las organizaciones sin fines de lucro como Beyond Pesticides y Moms Across America brindan información sobre más de diez alternativas a Roundup y brindan apoyo para que los distritos escolares, las ciudades y los condados se liberen de las toxinas.

Moms Across America es una organización sin fines de lucro de 501 c3 con el lema "Mamás empoderadas, niños sanos".