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From: mak221@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 201912:58 PM 71119 NOV 20. PIH 3: 47
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Please pass Bill 101
Aloha Honorable County of Hawaii Councilmembers.
Please vote in favor of Bill 101 to limit the County's use of chemical herbicides. The bill directs the County to restrict
herbicides on County roads and County properties only. It has nothing to do with agricultural use or home use.
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. It is dangerous for them to pick and eat wild guavas, Iilikoi or other fruit
growing on the side of the road or in the'gulches.Our children should not be poisoned by normal kid outdoor activities.
Long-term exposure is linked with increased risks of cancer,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.
Let's change our mindset and learn the process of using non-toxic alternatives,and transition away from the use of toxic
chemicals for land management. Wherever we can,we must mitigate the coming impacts of a collapsing global environment.
This is one meaningful way to do so.
Mahalo,
Mark Koppel
Umauma
Comm. No.
4- q.(9Q2
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1 Ref. Dote NOV 2 0 2019