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Tonight: Can Menlo Park afford to make city parks herbicide-free?

Original post made on Aug 25, 2015

In response to community concerns about the use of the herbicide Roundup Pro Max in city parks, the Menlo Park City Council will consider tonight (Aug. 25) a pilot program to create herbicide-free areas at four of those parks.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 11:13 AM

Comments (3)

Posted by Toriel
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Aug 25, 2015 at 12:22 pm

Not using Round up sounds like a wonderful idea, I have seen it contribute to hive collapse in the valley, and don't want that to happen here. Besides, we don't need our children and pets exposed if they play on the grasses. Thanks for listening!


Posted by Susan Cann
a resident of another community
on Aug 25, 2015 at 12:33 pm

U.S. regulators have relied on flawed and outdated research to allow expanded use of an herbicide linked to cancer, and new assessments should be urgently conducted, according to a column published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Web Link

Here is the GLYPHOSATE CARCINOGENICITY REPORT published in full by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Web Link


Posted by MP_guy
a resident of Menlo Park: Fair Oaks
on Aug 25, 2015 at 6:23 pm

Thank you city council members for doing this. We definitely need less toxic chemicals in our environment.


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