Because the company is an industry leader in the baby formula market, Abbott's potential decision to remove GMOs from its products could set a new precedent for the entire industry to follow. The issue is so crucial, in fact, that the organic and sustainable farming advocacy group Cornucopia Institute has created its own petition that everyday people can sign to demand that Abbott remove GMOs from Similac, which you can access and sign here:
http://www.cornucopia.org/2013/04/gmo-formula-petition/
"Many of the ingredients used in infant formula, especially soy-based formula, are derived from crops that have been genetically altered to internally produce pesticides or to be resistant to specific herbicides, so that weed killers that would normally kill or injure the plant can be sprayed more frequently and at higher doses," explains the CI petition.
"[U]ntil infant formula makers stop using GMO ingredients, hundreds of thousands of newborns and infants will be unwitting participants in this huge, uncontrolled experiment with the health of the next generation," it adds.
Be sure to sign the CI petition to remove GMOs from Similac:
http://www.cornucopia.org/2013/04/gmo-formula-petition/
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