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CITIZEN COMMENT <br />e' er o e spen pace • .visory .ar. - Tessage <br />File Message 0 Tell me what you want to do... <br />Cx Ignore X I,F Meeting <br />rtDiunlc,• Delete Reply Reply Forward More <br />I I <br />Delete <br />Respond <br />Thu 5/2120198:4B PM <br />4.1 :oRules - <br />.6 OneNote <br />Move <br />Bi Actions - <br />Move <br />Thomas Walker <br />A letter to the Open Space Advisory Board <br />To Ember Brignull <br />°You forwarded this message on 5/V20197:23AM. <br />P Find <br />g Related - <br />Mark Categorize Follow Translate <br />Unread - Up- - Q Select', <br />Tags. r Editing <br />C III I' <br />Zoom <br />Zoom <br />To the Open Space Board Members, <br />I certainly appreciate your time and correspondence_ These civil conversations are preferable to general public social media contacts_ My <br />intentions are to `serve and protect' my fellow neighbors, even if they cannot comprehend the consequences of exposure to herbicides and <br />pesticides_ The recent litigations and losses against these chemicals need consideration_ Aren't employers going to be held liable for now <br />knowingly exposing -s-ulnerable workers performing these applications' Diacmba=ignificantly raises Parkinson's diseases in workers who <br />Testing sl: o-:tis the vehicle driver absorbs even higher levels than field ,vor erg presumably through skin contact Lymphoma is <br />more. than doubled in farmers working with Glyphosate and even more dangerous formulations such as Roundup. The formulations create <br />campy un.ls with more penetrance and thus volatility than the parent compounds and thus spread toxins wider. The formulations also resist <br />breakda :, _i cre .tittg tc itts with longer effects_ <br />Is it right to e:pc- e our e_nplo}•ees to such known harms? And not even for food production? Who is going to pay for legal <br />defense? Yeah, we poisoned them for weed control that other communities manage well enough without these pervasive yet <br />impermanently effective chemicals that the undesirable plants are rapidly becoming- resistant to." Unfortunately, humans can't adapt that <br />fast. <br />The legal precedents are very apparent now_ In the USA precedents are glaring examples of what is considered contemptible. Our older <br />herbicide policies are suddenly obsolete_ It's 2019 and we can react much more rabidly than in the pre -Internet and less reliable research <br />eras. It can stop now that we have to defend ourselves from such liability and that is the message that can be passed onto those resisting the <br />necessary changes in herbicides uses_ "We are afraid of legal repercussions if we continue these practices.- As we need be. <br />Thanks for Your Consideration, <br />Mary Walker <br />2 <br />