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From: Lucinda Lu <lucindaluna@ymail.com> 2011 OCT 1 flAti 7: 45
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2019 7:24 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 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,
Lucinda Moran
Honokaa
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