To: Mayor Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles
Urge Los Angeles Mayor to ban known carcinogen Round-Up from being sprayed on public parks
The Los Angeles Department of Parks and Rec sprays Round-Up several times a year on the 16,000 plus acres of public lands for which they are responsible (the World Health Organization recently labeled glyphosate, the world's most widely used herbicide, as a "probable carcinogen"). Let Mayor Garcetti know this is not acceptable--BAN THE USE OF ROUND-UP ON PUBLIC LANDS.
Why is this important?
Several lawsuits have recently been filed against Monsanto, the maker of glyphosate herbicides (trade name "Roundup") for allegedly causing cancer. An MIT researcher has correlated rising glyphosate use with rising rates of autism in children. Round-Up has also been implicated in the death of the bees, (Colony Collapse Disorder). Nevertheless, the Los Angeles Department of Parks and Rec is still spraying glyphosate all over public parks. It's most dangerous to pregnant women because it disrupts fetal development. The LA Department of Parks and Rec is only regulated by the Mayor's office. There are no regulations in place to determine the amount of Round-Up the Department of Parks and Rec can spray.
According to a recent article in The Palisades News "
UCLA professor emeritus John Froines, who lives in Santa Monica, said the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the “most prestigious body in the world on carcinogens,” has labeled Roundup’s glyphosate a carcinogen.
“If they say it’s a carcinogen, you can be sure it is,”
IARC’s determination was based on the review of more than 1,000 studies, according to its website. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in particular is related to glyphosate. The site uses the phrase “probable carcinogen,” which Froines said government agencies treat as meaning a carcinogen.
According to a recent article in The Palisades News "
UCLA professor emeritus John Froines, who lives in Santa Monica, said the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the “most prestigious body in the world on carcinogens,” has labeled Roundup’s glyphosate a carcinogen.
“If they say it’s a carcinogen, you can be sure it is,”
IARC’s determination was based on the review of more than 1,000 studies, according to its website. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in particular is related to glyphosate. The site uses the phrase “probable carcinogen,” which Froines said government agencies treat as meaning a carcinogen.