To: The Government of British Columbia
Ministry of Agriculture
Date: June 13, 2014
Good day
I represent Canadians for Glyphosate Testing – a grassroots organization that is engaging in cross Canada mass testing for Glyphosate, the active poison in Monsanto’s RoundUP weed killer, in our water, our urine, feces, breast milk of mothers, and in the food sold in our stores.
We are doing it on our own as we feel that our Government has neglected to engage in this important task. How we know the Government has neglected this task is because we have asked about it to the Federal Government without getting a clear answer, and because we have discovered that Canada does not have labs where a citizen can test for Glyphosate in human body fluids, or in animals or food products.
I found your web page at (http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/
We have located labs in the US that will test for Glyphosate in human and animal body fluids as well as food. Costs run between $25 or so for bulk-tests or over $100 for individual tests.
We have started the process of people paying for their own tests, and to gather a nationwide database on where Canada stands with regard to Glyphosate poisoning. We are doing it without the government.
Being a true grassroots organization, we reject political parties, and distance ourselves from NGO or special interest groups.
We are sending this note to your ministry, because we believe it is the Agriculture industry that may be most responsible for Glyphosate poisoning in our country, and to check if you might like to join us in any way to conduct this “third party” independent testing. While approval of RoundUp herbicide along with 2,4-D etc are the job of Health Canada in Ottawa, we believe responsibility for allowing application of these nasty substances in British Columbia, without there being any independent test on their safety, done anywhere in Canada or in the entire universe, rests at your feet.
We believe you already know about the epidemic level rise of serious illnesses that show strong correlation with the rise of Glyphosate usage in the US. We do not have corresponding correlation for Canada – not because there is no relation, but because data on year by year Glyphosate usage, and year by year reported illnesses on Crohn’s, Celiac, Kidney Failure, Autism, infertility, birth defects etc on humans are not available from Government sources. Should you be able to get those details for us, say for the past 20 years, we shall be very thankful.
Being an open source, transparent, grassroots organization with nothing to hide, we intend to let our members and the general public know that we sent you this letter. It may therefore be circulated through email, social media and the internet.
Looking forward to your input and possible assistance in getting a large scale testing undertaken in BC, and to check if BC can have an accredited lab that can test Glyphosate in human and animal body fluids at a cost point that are within reach of the lower income people, who are suspected to be most affected by Glyphosate poisoning through junk food and food bank supplements.
Should you be willing to have a meeting to discuss these issues, we shall be glad to present our delegation to talk these out with you. Meanwhile, we are proceeding with our nationwide drive to check level of Glyphosate poisoning in us, and we wonder if you will support, or frown at this citizens action.
Thanking you
With Best wishes
Tony Mitra
(address & tel)
Links:
www.tonu.org