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Boycott Pesticide Manufacturers!
Here's an interesting article written by Frank Altomonte. I'm just
forwarding it to this discussion group:
Subject: [8]The Great Boycott
From: [9]Frank Altomonte <alto@earthlink.net>
Date: 1996/05/04
Message-Id: <4megdk$s5u@bolivia.it.earthlink.net>
Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc.
The major multinational corporations are polluting our soils
and water supplies. Fight back by joining The Great Boycott,
our only weapon. See web page at
http://home.earthlink.net/~alto/boycott.html.
WELCOME TO THE GREAT BOYCOTT! Networking with people all over the world,
we are mounting a long-term publicity campaign to isolate the major
criminal poisoners of the planet, so that no one wants to do business with
them. We are boycotting the products and the investment stock of the eight
biggest pe sticide companies on earth: Dow, Du Pont, Monsanto, Imperial
Chemical Industries (England), Rhone Poulenc (France), Ciba-Geigy (Swit
zerland), Bayer and Hoechst (Germany). All of these companies are
forwarding genetic engineering of our food crops. Purpose? To create
crops that WILL WITHSTAND MUCH GREATER LEVELS OF SPRAYED TOXIC
HERIBICIDES. PROFITS SOAR. PEOPLE AND SOIL ARE POISONED. THIS IS REAL.
These eight chemical giants are toxifying the planet in so many other
ways as well: through their billions of pounds of industrial wastes,
adverse-effect pharmaceuticals, chlorine-based products. This must stop.
Below is a list of products to boycott for the big three companies in the
U.S. We are asking our friends in Europe to fill in information on the
other five chemical giants. This is a global effort. We are in it for the
long haul.
DOW
Styrofoam labeled plastic products; Starane, Spike, Verdict, Trefflan
(herbicid es); Dursban (insecticide); Nicorette, Norhistamine, Cepacol,
Gly-oxide, Gaviscon, Cepastat, Citrucel, Delbrox, Os-Cal (over-the-cou
nter preparations); Ziploc bags, Fantastik cleaner, Handi-Wrap, Saran
Wrap, Spray 'N Wash, Dow Bathroom Cleaner, Glass Plus Multisur face
cleaner, Smart Scrub, Ultra Yes laundry detergent, Vivid Bleach, Style and
Permasoft hair products.
DU PONT
Comforel pillows, comforters and mattress pads; the fibers Lycra, Dacron,
Nomex , Tyvek, Antron, Coran; Teflon; refined petroleum products sold
under the brands Conoco, Jet and Seca; the fungicides Benlate; Benomyl
and Carbendazim; fishing lines sold under the brand names High Impact,
Magnathin, Magnum, Prime Plus, and Stren; Du Pont brand pa ints, cement
and lacquers; Lucite paints.
MONSANTO
NutraSweet, Equal, BGH (aka rBGH, rBST and Posilac); Simplese (an
artificial bu tter fat), Simple Pleasures Frozen Dairy Desserts, Salad
Dressing and Mayonnaise, the artificial fibers Astroturf and Wear Dated
Car pets; the home insulation foam sheeting Fome-Cor; garden herbicides
Roundup and Dimension; other agricultural chemicals -- Lasso, Harness
Plus, Far Go, Avauer, Machete, Bronco, Bullet, Crop Star GB, Freedom,
Landmaster BW, Micro-Tech Partner, Ram Rod, Accord, Buck le, Fallow
Master, Lariat, Rodeo; the Flavr Savr tomato. Be alert for dozens of new
Monsanto genetically engineered plants including corn, potatoes and soybeans.
Dow, Du Pont & Monsanto own or share companies with the following
pharmaceutical houses, whose drugs can also be boycotted: Marion Merrell
Dow, Eli Lilly, Endo Labs, Du Pont Pharma, Du Pont Merck, GD Searle.
DEMAND THAT INVESTORS AND INSTITUTIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD, SUCH AS
UNIVERSITIES , DISINVEST IN THE STOCK OF THESE EIGHT CORPORATIONS.
To contact The Great Boycott, call (213) 243-9005 in Los Angeles or write Jon R
appoport at 2633 Linclon Boulevard, Suite 256, Santa Monica, California,
90405, USA. NOW IS THE TIME.
Fax, mail and post this page on the Internet. Pass it on!