Your Signature Is Needed: Baby monarch caterpillars could be starving to death this spring, Friend

You are a beautiful monarch butterfly floating along, enjoying the springtime air, and letting your vibrant orange and black wings flutter gracefully. On your epic migration north, you pollinate flowers and eventually, you hope to find some milkweed to... You are a beautiful monarch butterfly floating along, enjoying the springtime air, and letting your vibrant orange and black wings flutter gracefully. On your epic migration north, you pollinate flowers and eventually, you hope to find some milkweed to settle upon. Milkweed is not only where you’ll lay your eggs to carry on the monarch population, its leaves will also be the ONLY food source for your newborn offspring. Without milkweed, your baby caterpillars will starve to death! But before you can even worry about that, you better find some milkweed soon: otherwise, you won’t have any place to lay your eggs in the first place! You are losing your energy and strength on this search… where on Earth has all the milkweed gone, Friend? Milkweed plants are being DECIMATED by glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer-Monsanto’s Roundup. This toxic herbicide is wiping out milkweed along the monarch’s migration path and threatening the survival of monarch butterflies who can’t live without it. Roundup is not only a problem for monarchs, it is also harmful to nearly 1,700 threatened and endangered species. Glyphosate has also even been linked to serious health risks in humans! Roundup is DANGEROUS to human health, pollinators, and the planet. But the greedy executives at Bayer-Monsanto refuse to pull their flagship product off the market even though they know it isn't safe! Friend, we know that environmentalists like you won’t stand for Bayer-Monsanto’s corporate pollution that is putting so much that we love at risk, all for the sake of profit — so please do your part TODAY and take urgent action by MIDNIGHT: [Add your name now to DEMAND that Bayer-Monsanto STOP selling toxic Roundup before it’s too late for our precious monarchs >>]( [SIGN THE PETITION]( Over the last two decades alone, at least 850 million milkweed plants have VANISHED — a key reason why the beloved North American monarch population has plummeted by an alarming 90%! Without enough milkweed plants, monarchs simply cannot survive. So we need to act quickly if we’re going to SAVE this dwindling butterfly from EXTINCTION. Earlier we mentioned the direct human health risks linked to glyphosate which include cancer, reproductive harm, and more. But did we mention that CHILDREN are the most vulnerable to exposure, Friend? That alone should be enough to get Bayer-Monsanto to do the right thing and stop selling Roundup. But instead, the Big Pesticide giant has spent millions of dollars trying to COVER UP how UNSAFE Roundup really is, including manipulating science and evading pesticide regulations. But committed environmental advocates like you see right through these dangerous corporate lies, Friend — and you know the TRUTH about this toxic herbicide. That’s why we’re personally reaching out to call on YOU today to help amplify our message about the harms of Roundup and expose Bayer-Monsanto’s public deception. Because if we’re going to have a fighting chance against this powerful and wealthy corporation, we urgently need ALL hands on deck — including yours, Friend. [Can we count on your missing signature to be one of the 3,819 remaining activist names needed to hit our goal by tonight’s midnight deadline? TAKE ACTION NOW: Tell Bayer-Monsanto to STOP selling dangerous Roundup immediately! >>]( [SIGN THE PETITION]( Let’s show Bayer-Monsanto that we’ve got a strong coalition of grassroots activists who are willing to speak out against the dangers of Roundup in defense of our communities, our monarch butterflies, and our planet. Thanks for doing your part today, Friends of the Earth Contact Us: Friends of the Earth U.S. Washington, D.C. | Berkeley, CA PO Box 7010 Merrifield, VA 22116-7010 1-877-843-8687 [Contact us](foe.org/about-us/contact/) Email Preferences: [Click here to unsubscribe]( Learn more: www.foe.org/news www.foe.org/about-us www.foeaction.org Connect: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Flickr]( © 2017, Friends of the Earth. All Rights Reserved. [supporter]