HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0489.488 2018-2020 •le
•;
From: Anna Doherty
To: Council Testimony;Kim,Harry
Subject: Thank you for voting in favor of Bill 1012019R.= 1 g 4 10: 25
Date: Friday,November 15,2019 1:22:30 PM
Aloha County of Hawaii Council-members,
Thank you for voting in favor of Bill 101 to limit the County's use of chemical herbicides in
its first hearing. I hope you vote on November 20 to make it a law.
I have been a frequent visitor to the Big Island of Hawaii to host Hawaii Health Getaways. I
am always appalled by the spraying and the dead weeds on the sides of the roads and in the
parks and worry about the health effects on the participants I have brought to the Big Island
for a healthy retreat.
I'm sure I represent most visitors when I testify that I don't want to come to paradise and be
poisoned. I'd like to bring my children to Hawaii, but I've learned that children have unique
susceptibilities to the potential toxicity of herbicides, including learning disorders.
I know that acute symptoms of exposure to glyphosate products like Roundup include eye
irritation, headaches, burning eyes, blurred vision, skin rashes, burning or itchy skin, nausea,
sore throat, asthma and difficulty breathing, lethargy, nose bleeds, and dizziness, and long-
term exposure is linked to increased risk of cancer including non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and
also aggressive breast cancer when combined with other risk factors.
Living in California, I am proud our state has demanded warning labels on Roundup bottles
and most cities here are banning its use.
Please pass Bill 101 and save your fragile island environment and be mindful of the health of
the people who live and visit there.
Mahalo,
Ann Doherty, RN
San Leandro, CA
Sent from my iPhone
Comm.No. IN `•40+
Ref.To: PICOufCI
Ref. Date NOV.2 0 2f09`