Marin County Officials Announce that Glyphosate Will Be Banned from Mt. Tamalpais
Marin County officials just announced that Monsanto’s carcinogenic herbicide Glyphosate will no longer be used on Mt. Tamalpais. “The more that is learned about pesticides, the more the danger becomes apparent,” said one Marin County official, “You are talking about an area … where people hike and take their children and pets. People want to feel secure.” The article is here: http://goo.gl/IhNLsj
Marin County officials just announced that Monsanto’s carcinogenic herbicide Glyphosate will no longer be used on Mt. Tamalpais. “The more that is learned about pesticides, the more the danger becomes apparent,” said one Marin County official, “You are talking about an area … where people hike and take their children and pets. People want to feel secure.” The article is here: http://goo.gl/IhNLsj
Just a few weeks ago, Marin officials also announced herbicides would
not be used on Ring Mountain Preserve in order to protect hikers and dog
walkers. Last week, San Francisco health officials announced that the
city is reclassifying Glyphosate as a Tier 1 or “most toxic” chemical
and will be reevaluating its use.
What about the City of Oakland, UC Berkeley, and the East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD)? They are forging ahead to poison you, your family, your pets, visitors to the 11 regional parks, and wildlife.
Oakland Fire Department Vegetation Manager Vince Crudele held a press conference on June 2 near the soccer field below the vast Eucalyptus forest around the North Oakland Sports Center and announced that over the course of three years, the forest behind would be cut down until all its trees were felled and that the many thousands of resulting tree stumps would be repeatedly covered in the herbicide, Glyphosate.
The Board of Directors of the EBRPD also voted in June to accept a grant to remove entire groves of Eucalyptus trees, Monterey Pine, Monterey Cypress and Acacia on park ridgetops and 90% of the trees in other parts of the parks and cover their stumps in Glyphosate, as well. From Castro Valley in the South to El Sobrante in the North, hundreds of thousands of tree stumps in 2,059 acres will be repeatedly covered, up to two times a year for 10 years, with Glyphosate and two other chemicals which are not only cancerous to humans, they destroy the blood, liver, and kidneys of dogs.
Given that over half of these lands are located within 11 public parks where East Bay residents recreate and the remainder are directly adjacent to residential areas, the danger of public exposure to these chemicals is undeniable. At the North Oakland Sports Center, storm runoff from the thousands of Glyphosate treated trees directly above the playing field will wash these chemicals down to contaminate the field, a field where families with children congregate for recreation and organized sports throughout the year.
Who is responsible for this? Dan Kalb for Oakland City Council, Annie Campbell Washington for Oakland City Council, District Four, Mayor Libby Schaaf, the rest of the Oakland City Council, UC Berkeley, and East Bay Regional Park District manager Robert Doyle and the Board of Directors. Let them know what you think.
Learn more: http://goo.gl/JcqDWF
Take action: http://goo.gl/XBwguG
What about the City of Oakland, UC Berkeley, and the East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD)? They are forging ahead to poison you, your family, your pets, visitors to the 11 regional parks, and wildlife.
Oakland Fire Department Vegetation Manager Vince Crudele held a press conference on June 2 near the soccer field below the vast Eucalyptus forest around the North Oakland Sports Center and announced that over the course of three years, the forest behind would be cut down until all its trees were felled and that the many thousands of resulting tree stumps would be repeatedly covered in the herbicide, Glyphosate.
The Board of Directors of the EBRPD also voted in June to accept a grant to remove entire groves of Eucalyptus trees, Monterey Pine, Monterey Cypress and Acacia on park ridgetops and 90% of the trees in other parts of the parks and cover their stumps in Glyphosate, as well. From Castro Valley in the South to El Sobrante in the North, hundreds of thousands of tree stumps in 2,059 acres will be repeatedly covered, up to two times a year for 10 years, with Glyphosate and two other chemicals which are not only cancerous to humans, they destroy the blood, liver, and kidneys of dogs.
Given that over half of these lands are located within 11 public parks where East Bay residents recreate and the remainder are directly adjacent to residential areas, the danger of public exposure to these chemicals is undeniable. At the North Oakland Sports Center, storm runoff from the thousands of Glyphosate treated trees directly above the playing field will wash these chemicals down to contaminate the field, a field where families with children congregate for recreation and organized sports throughout the year.
Who is responsible for this? Dan Kalb for Oakland City Council, Annie Campbell Washington for Oakland City Council, District Four, Mayor Libby Schaaf, the rest of the Oakland City Council, UC Berkeley, and East Bay Regional Park District manager Robert Doyle and the Board of Directors. Let them know what you think.
Learn more: http://goo.gl/JcqDWF
Take action: http://goo.gl/XBwguG
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