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Murashige, Laura
From: Laurie Guastella <lauriegua@yahoo.com> _E =F-f_
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2019 8:36 AM --- --�
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Please vote in favor of Bill 101
Aloha Honorable County of Hawaii Councilmembers.
Please vote in favor of Bill 101 to limit the County's use of chemical herbicides.
Children have unique susceptibilities to the potential toxicity of herbicides, yet they are still being exposed
every day when they go to County parks or walk or ride along the roads.
Long-term exposure is linked with increased risks of cancer including non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, as we learned
froth the recent visit by Dewayne Lee Johnson, the school groundskeeper who won the lawsuit against
Monsanto for the connection between Roundup and his cancer. It is also connected to miscarriages, attention
deficit disorder and reduced production of sex hormones. It can also trigger aggressive breast cancer when
combined with other risk factors.
Studies indicate that glyphosate can contaminate streams, which empty into our oceans, and affect sea life
including fish and coral. Problems with drift of glyphosate herbicides occur frequently.
Fortunately, the County has chosen alternatives to toxic chemicals, such as the choice to use goats to clear brush
at the Hilo Soccer Field. It was more cost-effective than regular maintenance, and safe for our communities,'
streams and coastline ecosystems,too! Let's expand these non-toxic alternatives, and transition away from the
use of toxic chemicals for land management.
Mahalo,
Laurie Guastella, Ninole HI
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