Legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives dubbed the DARK Act – or Deny Americans the Right to Know Act – would block state GMO labeling laws and restrict FDA’s ability to craft a national mandatory GMO labeling system. H.R. 1599 would also allow companies to make “natural” claims on GMO foods.

To date, not one Senate Democrat has agreed to work with Republican Senator John Hoeven to craft a Senate version of the DARK Act. Big food and biotech companies have already spent $51 million in the first six months of 2015 to lobby Congress, but millions of calls, letters, e-mails, and visits from ordinary consumers like you are making a difference.

Polls show that nine out of ten American consumers just want the right to know – just like consumers in 64 nations that already require GMO labels.  In fact, American consumers overwhelmingly support GMO labeling regardless of age, income, race, education, or even party affiliation.

There are many reasons consumers want to choose for themselves.

One is reason that GMO crops have led an explosion in toxic herbicides linked to cancer and other serious health problems. More than 3,000 elementary schools are located within the drift zones of these dangerous weed killers.

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