Your Signature is Needed: Tell the FDA not to rush approval for genetically engineered animals

URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Tell the FDA not to fast-track GENETICALLY ENGINEERED farmed animals! URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Tell the FDA not to fast-track GENETICALLY ENGINEERED farmed animals! >> Animals like pigs, chickens, and cows are being genetically engineered to better fit into filthy, inhumane factory farms that are polluting our communities, fueling the climate crisis and ABUSING ANIMALS! Friend, you deserve to know what you’re eating and how it will affect your health and the environment. But the FDA is poised to RUSH through approvals for Big Ag’s GE animals that could end up on our plates UNLABELED! FDA wants to fast track these GE animals to enter the food supply without public input. There are SERIOUS CONCERNS about the lax assessment of genetically engineered animals. We simply don’t know the consequences for our health or for the environment – which is why we need your IMMEDIATE help to stop the floodgates from opening before it’s too late! [Tell the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to PROTECT people and the environment from genetically engineered animals! Sign by 11:59pm TONIGHT!]( [SIGN THE PETITION]( GE animals are already waiting to hit the market. Experts have raised concerns about the human health impacts of GE animals, including GE salmon possibly triggering new allergens in humans, or viruses in GE pigs that may jump to humans receiving organ transplants from these animals. The environmental consequences of GE animals are also startling. If genetically engineered salmon escape from production facilities, they could cause IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE to wild salmon populations, which are essential for healthy ecosystems and a cultural keystone and food source for many Indigenous communities. [Say NO to fast-tracking genetically engineered animals, Friend! Add your name to help us hit our midnight goal of 1,218 more signatures!]( [SIGN THE PETITION]( Standing with you, Malaika Elias Food and Agriculture Campaigner, 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]( © 2024, Friends of the Earth. All Rights Reserved. [supporter]