HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0392.104 2014-2016Murashige, Laura
From: Jon Woodhouse <jonwoodh@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 8:58 AM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Roundup
Hi,
I'm contacting the council regarding spraying Roundup, a pesticide with the chemical glyphosate . At a scientific briefing
in London Prof Christopher Portier recently declared: "Glyphosate is definitely genotoxic. There is no doubt in my mind."
Genotoxic means it damages DNA. Prof. Portier is one of the co-authors of the recent report by the World Health
Organisation's International Agency -for Research on Cancer (IARC), which determined that glyphosate is a probable
carcinogen. He is an expert.in the design, analysis, and interpretation of environmental health data with a focus on
carcinogenicity.
At the briefing, Dr Robin Mesnage of the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics at Kings College in London
presented data showing Roundup is 1,000 times more toxic than glyphosate alone.
He said, "Glyphosate is everywhere throughout our food chain - in our food and water. The lack of data on toxicity of
glyphosate is not proof of safety and these herbicides cannot be considered safe without proper testing. We know
Roundup, the commercial name of glyphosate -based herbicides, contains many other chemicals, which when mixed
together are 1,000 times more toxic than glyphosate on its own."
Thank you, Jon Woodhouse
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