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MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Marin County IPM Commission Meeting on Fri. Jan. 22nd @ 9 AM
1 McInnis Parkway - First Floor Board Room
San Rafael, California
9:00 AM PT
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Please attend the Marin County
Integrated Pest Management Commission meeting on Friday,
January 22nd at 9 AM & ENDORSE OUR ATTACHED LETTER
- This meeting will determine whether or not the toxic
herbicide Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, will
continue to be used in the County in 2016.
Hi Neighbors and Friends,
Please mark your calendars for the first quarterly Marin
County Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Commission meeting of
2016 on Friday, January 22, 2016 at 9 AM.
WHAT: Marin County Integrated Pest Management Commission
WHEN: Friday, January 22, 2016 at 9 AM
WHERE: First Floor Board Room, 1 McInnis Parkway, San
Rafael, CA
This may be the IPM Commission's most important meeting of the
year since it's when they will approve the list of pesticides
that can be used in 2016. The "2016 Proposed Allowed
Pesticides" list was distributed at their October meeting. Of
note is that toxic Glyphosate, the main ingredient in the
herbicide Roundup, remains on the list, or more specifically
on the Exemption List. (In order for a County employee to use
Glyphosate an "Exemption" is required, which essentially means
more paperwork is involved.)
Please join us on January 22nd and urge the IPM Commission to
remove Glyphosate-based herbicides from the "2016 Allowed
Pesticides" list. Better yet, urge the Commission to support
an herbicide-free approach to vegetation management.
In addition, please send letters to the IPM Commission c/o
Chris Chamberlain, IPM Coordinator and Carla Corde-Scott, IPM
Commission Administrative Assistant (see below for their email
addresses). If you don't have time to write your own letter
and you agree with our attached letter, then please send the
Commission a quick email endorsing our letter:
cchamberlain@marincounty.org
ccorde-scott@marincounty.org
Concerns about Glyphosate, the main ingredient in the
herbicide Roundup:
Respected scientific studies show that there is a strong
correlation between Glyphosate and Glyphosate formulations and
serious health and environmental hazards, including disruption
of hormonal systems and beneficial gut bacteria, damage to
DNA, developmental and reproductive toxicity, birth defects,
cancer and neurotoxicity. Glyphosate-based herbicides can
harm all facets of an ecosystem, including the soil biology
and composition, water, and non-target plants, aquatic
organisms, amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates, animals, and
humans. Glyphosate use could foster herbicide-resistant super
weeds. Glyphosate is a patented desiccant (a drying agent)
and could greatly increase the risk of fire. Glyphosate’s
effect on the soil composition could lead to greater risk of
runoff and erosion. Glyphosate and its metabolites can be
highly active and mobile and persist for many years in the
environment, depending on conditions. Glyphosate formulations
with extra-added ingredients (adjuvants) are up to 1000 time
more toxic than their isolated active ingredients. Using toxic
Glyphosate and Glyphosate formulations could not only harm
beneficial vegetation and wildlife but could also jeopardize
public health and safety.
Furthermore, Glyphosate was recently identified as a probable
human carcinogen and therefore classified as a Group 2A
carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer
(IARC), the specialized cancer agency of the World Health
Organization (WHO).
Based on that listing and pursuant to state law, the state
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has
issued a notice of intent to list Glyphosate and several other
chemical insecticides and pesticides as chemicals “known to
the state” to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and
Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65).
For more detailed information, please read
the attached letter, dated January 12, 2016, from
Sustainable TamAlmonte to the Marin County Integrated Pest
Management Commission.
In our letter, we urge the IPM Commission to support an
herbicide-free approach to vegetation management or, at
minimum, to direct staff to permanently eliminate
Glyphosate-based herbicides from their "Allowed Pesticide
List". We further urge them to advise and persuade the
Marin County Board of Supervisors, who are also the Marin
County Open Space District Board of Directors, to
officially bring the Marin County Open Space District
under the Integrated Pest Management Ordinance.
Thank you in advance for taking action. Together we
can make a difference!
Sharon Rushton
Contact Email: