HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0489.393 2018-2020 From: Kelly Rene
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Please vote in favor of Bill 101
Date: Tuesday,October 15,2014 8:27:50 PM
Aloha Honorable County of Hawaii Councilrnernbers.
'lease vete 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 Lewayne 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 coal. Problems with drift of glyphosate
herbicides occur frequently.
F=ortunately, 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, tool Lets expand these non-toxic alternatives, and transition away from
the use of toxic chemicals for land management.
k=ahalo,
Kelly Krolik
Naale hu
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