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Testinr€any of'l)r-. lticharti Bennett regarding Bill 91 Glyphosate Use can County Parks
Dear Coa€radii Pcr,ons,
When the EPA approved Itm ind-Cp(Glyphosate)for case in the envirnnnaent and food chain.science
had no avvaareness of the Honian Microbloille. The Human Microbiotne Project involving hundreds of
researchers, revealed in 2017,we have over a trillion rnicrobes representing;over ten
th€ uN and species iii;in<r in our le kver Gl tract. '�-1ic.robes provide nt�rriad physiolo€�ical henefits for€aFn
health and wellness. bacteria are plant-like, and Glyphosate interferes with plant rnetabolisni.
Recently scientists documented disturbance in the test animal microbiome from lawful exposure lev �m
for Glyphosate. This disruption of the mediator homocysteine confounds the inflammatory molecule C
Reactive Protein production. Elevated CRP is linked to neurological and vascular disease. The
prestigious journals of Nature Publishing published this report.
The safety of Glyphosate in light of the new dimension of the microbiome alteration must be examined
by the EPA. Until that time,policy prudence and the Precautionary Principle` justify the ban on
Glyphosate on the County of Hawaii public lands.
Malama Pono,
/s RH Bennett Ph.D.,President
1 lu,.hanzhong.Goriana Lessenr.Yu Miao,Fabian'tanwrvisi.siniona Panzacehi,Diniele Mandrinh,T:iorella Belpoggi,.Gia Chen.and Lauren
Petrick."Lxnv-kwc exp.snre of glyphosate-bars t herbiaidCs disrupt the urine naetabolome and its interaction with gut nnicrobiota."Scienf!l c
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°'rhe precautionary principle states that if a product,an action,or a policy has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or to the
environment,protective action should be supported before there is complete scientific,proof of a risk. qq1 .
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