Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] California defends adding glyphosate to Prop 65 list

[Tony Del Plato]

Amen

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 5:57 PM, Gay Nicholson 
wrote:

> Well, I think the public has reason to be concerned with it now common
> practice to spray glyphosate on all the cereal crops a few days before
> harvest to make it convenient for farmers and reduce losses if the weather
> doesn't cooperate during harvest season. Another reason to buy organic
> flour, breads, pasta, crackers, etc.
>
> --
> Gay Nicholson, Ph.D.
> President
> Sustainable Tompkins
> 309 N. Aurora St.
> 
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> 
> www.sustainabletompkins.org
> 607-533-7312 <(607)%20533-7312> (home office)
> 607-220-8991 <(607)%20220-8991> (cell)
> 607-272-1720 <(607)%20272-1720> (ST office)
>
> g...@sustainabletompkins.org
>
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 8:58 PM, Tony Del Plato 
> wrote:
>
>> California defends adding glyphosate to Prop 65 list
>> Agrow, 24 Jan 2018
>> J. R. Pegg
>>
>> The US state of California has hit back at a bid by Monsanto, the
>> National Association of Wheat Growers and other agricultural industry
>> groups to derail its decision to add glyphosate herbicide to the
>> Proposition 65 list of cancer-causing chemicals. State officials argue that
>> there is no need to issue a preliminary injunction on the listing,
>> rejecting the allegation by Monsanto and the agricultural interests that
>> they are already being adversely impacted by the decision.
>>
>> The plaintiffs' claim is "unripe and speculative … and does not carry the
>> urgency required" for the listing to be blocked, according to the state's
>> January 22nd filing with the US District Court for the Eastern District of
>> California.
>>
>> California added glyphosate to the Prop 65 list in July 2017, basing its
>> decision on the 2015 declaration by the UN WHO’s International Agency for
>> Research on Cancer (IARC) that the herbicide is a "probable human
>> carcinogen". State regulators argue that they had little choice -- and
>> ample justification -- to list glyphosate based on the IARC decision.
>>
>> The IARC is one of the "authoritative bodies" that the Prop 65 law calls
>> on the state's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to
>> rely upon for adding substances to its list of chemicals that cause cancer
>> and reproductive harm. Substances listed under Prop 65 may require warning
>> labels and be subject to limits on discharges into surface waters.
>>
>> Monsanto, along with the National Wheat Growers Association and groups
>> representing growers and sellers of soybeans, maize and durum wheat filed
>> suit last November to reverse the listing. Attorneys general from 11 states
>> have joined the litigation in support of the legal challenge. The
>> plaintiffs argue that the IARC is an outlier as an "overwhelming majority
>> of government regulators and other experts" have found glyphosate is not
>> carcinogenic and have "flatly rejected" the international Agency's
>> conclusion.
>>
>> They say that the listing will adversely affect their interests by
>> compelling companies to add warning labels on products that may contain
>> glyphosate despite controversy surrounding the evidence that exposure to
>> the herbicide and cancer in humans. In their request for a preliminary
>> injunction, they argue that they are facing "imminent harm" from the
>> warning label requirements.
>>
>> The OEHHA rejects that claim, noting that the requirements will not enter
>> into effect until July and that it has yet to determine which products will
>> have to be labelled. The plaintiffs may speculate that a Prop 65 warning
>> requirement will cause "an array of harm, from loss of reputation to
>> disruption of food supply and private enforcement litigation" but their
>> "sky-is-falling speculations" do not justify a preliminary injunction,
>> according to the OEHHA.
>>
>> The state agency says that it intends to finalise the "no significant
>> risk level" for herbicide this spring. Exposures below that level will not
>> require a warning label. The state agency adds that  Prop 65 does not
>> "dictate the text of the warning", providing companies the right to "tailor
>> to its individual situation" and to "place the cancer risk in context" for
>> the public. "Thus, the Court has no concrete warning language to review,
>> nor any information on the means that will be used to give the warning,"
>> the state argues.
>>
>> The Court is set to hear arguments on the motion on February 20th.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> “Someone needs to explain to me why wanting clean drinking water makes
>> you an activist – and why proposing to destroy water with chemical warfare
>> doesn’t make a corporation a terrorist.”
>> Winona LaDuke
>>
>>
>


-- 

“Someone needs to explain to me why wanting clean drinking water makes you
an activist – and why proposing 

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] California defends adding glyphosate to Prop 65 list

[Gay Nicholson]

Well, I think the public has reason to be concerned with it now common
practice to spray glyphosate on all the cereal crops a few days before
harvest to make it convenient for farmers and reduce losses if the weather
doesn't cooperate during harvest season. Another reason to buy organic
flour, breads, pasta, crackers, etc.

--
Gay Nicholson, Ph.D.
President
Sustainable Tompkins
309 N. Aurora St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
www.sustainabletompkins.org
607-533-7312 (home office)
607-220-8991 (cell)
607-272-1720 (ST office)

g...@sustainabletompkins.org

On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 8:58 PM, Tony Del Plato 
wrote:

> California defends adding glyphosate to Prop 65 list
> Agrow, 24 Jan 2018
> J. R. Pegg
>
> The US state of California has hit back at a bid by Monsanto, the National
> Association of Wheat Growers and other agricultural industry groups to
> derail its decision to add glyphosate herbicide to the Proposition 65 list
> of cancer-causing chemicals. State officials argue that there is no need to
> issue a preliminary injunction on the listing, rejecting the allegation by
> Monsanto and the agricultural interests that they are already being
> adversely impacted by the decision.
>
> The plaintiffs' claim is "unripe and speculative … and does not carry the
> urgency required" for the listing to be blocked, according to the state's
> January 22nd filing with the US District Court for the Eastern District of
> California.
>
> California added glyphosate to the Prop 65 list in July 2017, basing its
> decision on the 2015 declaration by the UN WHO’s International Agency for
> Research on Cancer (IARC) that the herbicide is a "probable human
> carcinogen". State regulators argue that they had little choice -- and
> ample justification -- to list glyphosate based on the IARC decision.
>
> The IARC is one of the "authoritative bodies" that the Prop 65 law calls
> on the state's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to
> rely upon for adding substances to its list of chemicals that cause cancer
> and reproductive harm. Substances listed under Prop 65 may require warning
> labels and be subject to limits on discharges into surface waters.
>
> Monsanto, along with the National Wheat Growers Association and groups
> representing growers and sellers of soybeans, maize and durum wheat filed
> suit last November to reverse the listing. Attorneys general from 11 states
> have joined the litigation in support of the legal challenge. The
> plaintiffs argue that the IARC is an outlier as an "overwhelming majority
> of government regulators and other experts" have found glyphosate is not
> carcinogenic and have "flatly rejected" the international Agency's
> conclusion.
>
> They say that the listing will adversely affect their interests by
> compelling companies to add warning labels on products that may contain
> glyphosate despite controversy surrounding the evidence that exposure to
> the herbicide and cancer in humans. In their request for a preliminary
> injunction, they argue that they are facing "imminent harm" from the
> warning label requirements.
>
> The OEHHA rejects that claim, noting that the requirements will not enter
> into effect until July and that it has yet to determine which products will
> have to be labelled. The plaintiffs may speculate that a Prop 65 warning
> requirement will cause "an array of harm, from loss of reputation to
> disruption of food supply and private enforcement litigation" but their
> "sky-is-falling speculations" do not justify a preliminary injunction,
> according to the OEHHA.
>
> The state agency says that it intends to finalise the "no significant risk
> level" for herbicide this spring. Exposures below that level will not
> require a warning label. The state agency adds that  Prop 65 does not
> "dictate the text of the warning", providing companies the right to "tailor
> to its individual situation" and to "place the cancer risk in context" for
> the public. "Thus, the Court has no concrete warning language to review,
> nor any information on the means that will be used to give the warning,"
> the state argues.
>
> The Court is set to hear arguments on the motion on February 20th.
>
>
>
> --
>
> “Someone needs to explain to me why wanting clean drinking water makes you
> an activist – and why proposing to destroy water with chemical warfare
> doesn’t make a corporation a terrorist.”
> Winona LaDuke
>
>

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] upcoming workshop on Ag districts may be useful for understanding how to deal with CAFOs

[Gay Nicholson]

*Save the Date*



*Agricultural District Law Workshop*

*Saturday, March 17th*

*9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.*

*Ramada Inn, 2310 North Triphammer Road, Ithaca 14850
*



*Local Laws and Agricultural Districts: How Do they Relate?*

*Keynote speaker Dr. Bob Somers, New York State Agriculture and Markets* will
provide an overview of NYS Ag District Law, including the process for
determining sound ag practices and unreasonably restrictive laws.
Additional presenters are being added.



Municipal officials will find this workshop informative and helpful as they
update comprehensive plans, zoning laws, or develop municipal ag plans.
This is also an opportunity for planning board members to complete their
required four hours of training.



*Cost for the event is $10 per person*, registration will be required in
advance

For more information contact Debbie Teeter, CCE-Tompkins, dl...@cornell.edu



--
Gay Nicholson, Ph.D.
President
Sustainable Tompkins
309 N. Aurora St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
www.sustainabletompkins.org
607-533-7312 (home office)
607-220-8991 (cell)
607-272-1720 (ST office)

g...@sustainabletompkins.org

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Reminder: Dance Party Tonight-(Jan 26th), 7 to 11 pm, The Space (at Greenstar)

[Gay Nicholson]

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] 1/29 Application Deadline: Master Composter Training

[Sandra J. Repp]

ONLINE APPLICATION AVAILABLE!  SEE THE LINK BELOW!

2018 Master Composter Training
Application Deadline: Monday, January 29th
Training: (10) Thursday evenings, 6:30-8:30pm, from February 8 - May 3
@ Tompkins County Cooperative Extension, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca NY

Ten in-depth classes and volunteer work train Master Composters, an 
enthusiastic group committed to promoting responsible composting in Tompkins 
County. The training classes include both compost topics (i.e. bins, science & 
uses) and education topics (i.e. effective teaching, lesson planning).

Members of the class also work on projects outside of class, and volunteer 
alongside previously-trained Master Composters. One project is to plan, 
organize and staff the annual Compost Fair, which will take place this year on 
Sunday, April 29. After training, Master Composters give back to the community 
through a wide variety of educational activities, or design their own.

There is a $60 deposit for the training, refunded in full after completion of 
volunteer hours. More info and applications are available at: 
http://ccetompkins.org/mc or by contacting Adam Michaelides by email 
a...@cornell.edu or phone 607-272-2292.
--
Adam Michaelides
Program Manager, Compost Education Program
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
www.ccetompkins.org/compost / (607) 
272-2292 x 124


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