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From: Colleen J <fastbill@ymail.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2019 7:04 AM 7.U19 OCT 1 0 AN 7: 45
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 from 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,
Colleen Mellor
North Kohala
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1 Ref. Date OCT 1 5 2019