HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0489.103 2018-2020 From: Joanna
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Bill 101:Please,Support Bill 101
Date: Monday,October 14,2019 12:39:52 PM
Aloha Councilmembers,
Please support Bill 101 which would restrict the spraying of toxic
pesticides in our Hawaii County Parks and Roadways.
According to a 2012 report by the American Academy of Pediatrics
(AAP) entitled "Pesticide Exposure in Children," "Children
encounter pesticides daily and have unique susceptibilities to their
potential toxicity. Acute poisoning risks are clear, and
understanding of chronic health implications from both acute and
chronic exposure are emerging. Research demonstrates
associations between early life exposure to pesticides and
pediatric cancers, decreased cognitive function, and behavioral
problems."
As for glyphosate, there's a growing body of evidence on health
impacts associated with exposure to glyphosate-based herbicides
such as "Roundup," including endocrine disruption, organ damage
and birth defects.
In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a
division of the World Health Organization, and the world's leading
authority on cancer, unanimously concluded that glyphosate is
probably carcinogenic to humans."
Today more than 18,000 plaintiffs have filed suit against Monsanto
in the United States alleging they developed non-Hodgkin
lymphoma due to exposure to Monsanto's glyphosate-based weed
killers, such as Roundup. Of the three cases that have been heard
to date, in each case juries have found in favor of the plaintiffs.
Internal industry documents uncovered during these trials have
revealed that Monsanto suppressed evidence of health risks of its
glyphosate based herbicides.
Many other communities have successfully transitioned away from
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toxic pesticides to organic land management practices. Please
protect our keiki, communities and vote in support of Bill 101.
ALOHA and ML , JOANNA
76-789 'Io Place, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740