Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Glyphosate Added to CA List of Hazardous Chemicals

[Thomas Shelley]

Dear Gay and Friends--The Tompkins County Legislature passed a pesticide 
use reduction law in 2015; see attached.   This only applies to County 
operations, but its general adaptation is recommended to the public at 
large.  Tom


On 7/6/2017 1:36 PM, Gay Nicholson wrote:
> This reminds me of something I wanted to ask list subscribers:
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> Does anyone know if the City, County, or any Town governments have 
> adopted policies to ban the use of glyphosate or 2,4-D on local parks 
> and taxpayer-owned properties?
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> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Tony Del Plato 
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> Date: Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 12:41 PM
> Subject: July 7: A Big Day for Monsanto Activists
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> On July 7 (2017), California will add
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> glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, to
> the state’s list of chemicals and substances known to cause cancer.
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> Before we dive into the weeds in terms of what the listing does
> and doesn’t mean, and may or may not lead to, let’s take a moment
> to recognize that this is a landmark decision in the ongoing
> battle against Monsanto’s flagship weedkiller.
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> Every activist who has engaged in this fight deserves to take a
> moment to bask in this victory.
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> *It’s not everything we need, or everything we want—but
> California’s decision, upheld
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> by the courts, represents a major step forward in a decades-long
> fight to expose the truth about Roundup and protect the public
> from its cancer-causing effects.*
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> The full impact of the decision remains to be seen. How much
> glyphosate will need to be present before a product is required to
> carry a warning? How many foods will exceed the glyphosate residue
> limits set by California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard
> Assessment (OEHHA)?
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> *Will Monsanto find a way to keep those warnings off all labels?
> Including foods and weedkillers?*
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> Time will tell. And activists will need to remain vigilant.
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Glyphosate Added to CA List of Hazardous Chemicals

[Tony Del Plato]

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From: Organic Consumers Association 
Date: Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 12:41 PM
Subject: July 7: A Big Day for Monsanto Activists
To: tonydelpl...@gmail.com




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On July 7 (2017), California will add

glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, to the
state’s list of chemicals and substances known to cause cancer.

Before we dive into the weeds in terms of what the listing does and doesn’t
mean, and may or may not lead to, let’s take a moment to recognize that
this is a landmark decision in the ongoing battle against Monsanto’s
flagship weedkiller.

Every activist who has engaged in this fight deserves to take a moment to
bask in this victory.

*It’s not everything we need, or everything we want—but California’s
decision, upheld

by the courts, represents a major step forward in a decades-long fight to
expose the truth about Roundup and protect the public from its
cancer-causing effects.*

The full impact of the decision remains to be seen. How much glyphosate
will need to be present before a product is required to carry a warning?
How many foods will exceed the glyphosate residue limits set by
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)?

*Will Monsanto find a way to keep those warnings off all labels? Including
foods and weedkillers?*

Time will tell. And activists will need to remain vigilant.

*But today, it’s celebration time.*

*Read OCA’s blog post: 'California to Warn Consumers About Monsanto’s
Glyphosate—But How Much and How Soon?'

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What better way to celebrate California's addition of glyphosate to its
Prop 65 listing
of
chemicals "known to cause cancer" than to get rid of Roundup in your own
community.

Moms Across America chose to designate July 7 as National Return Roundup
Day. The idea was triggered in part by Linda Mulligan, a New Hampshire high
school teacher who teaches

a "Random Act of Kindness" class. Students are required to come up with a
random act of kindness for each day of the week. On one of those days, the
students went into barns and garages, gathered up containers of Monsanto's
Roundup herbicide, and took them back to their local hardware stores.

*National Return Roundup Day is a great idea—but why limit it to one day?
And why stop there? There are countless ways to #ResistGlyphosate,
beginning in your own community. Here's how to get started:*

   1. *Join
   
a
   local #Resist & #Regenerate Meetup,* or start a new one,
   

   to connect with neighbors interested in starting a local #ResistGlyphosate
   action team.
   2. *Roundup the Roundup!* Start with Roundup containers in your own
   garage. Return them to your local