USA - Petition Aims To Reverse Vaccine Law, Ban Modified Foods

The secretary of state authorized signature gathering for an initiative to ban genetically modified foods and end mandatory vaccinations.

LOS ANGELES, CA — California voters could once again tackle the controversial topic of mandatory vaccinations for school-aged children.

Last week the California secretary of state authorized signature-gathering for an expansive initiative that would reverse the state's mandatory vaccination law and ban genetically modified foods as well as more than 300 substances from being used in the environment.

The "California Clean Environment Initiative" would also prohibit treatment of water with fluoride or chlorine and create the California Clean Environment Authority to regulate environmental activities and test and approve substances before they can be introduced in California. The measure would also make it a possible felony to expose the environment or other people to toxic chemicals punishable by prison time and fines.

"We are trying to restore people's ability to fight for themselves and decide what they should do," said the initiative's proponent Cheriel Jensen. "These companies that make the chemicals have taken our right to refuse those chemicals away."

Jensen said she was inspired to write the initiative after she became sickened by pesticides at the county government building where she worked. She believes chemicals used in foods, vaccines and in the environment are to blame for prevalence of cancer, autism and a host of other diseases.