隣人へのメモ

多くの人がこれらの化学物質はEPAによって承認されているため「安全」であると考えていますが、それは科学的に正しい仮定ではありません。理由は次のとおりです。 
EPAは、化学農薬/幼虫駆除剤/除草剤/殺菌剤の最終配合を承認しないことを確認しました。彼らは、製剤中の1つの成分についての長期的な動物実験のみを求めており、使用時にすべてを一緒に行うわけではありません。したがって、アプリケーター、選出された役人、Vector Control、またはEPA以外の誰も、彼らが安全であると正確に主張することはできません。その主張は完全に根拠がありません。

So before you buy Roundup and spray it near your front sidewalk, where pregnant women, kids, and pets will walk a minute later, before you agree with the spraying of larvicides from helicopters and drones over our neighborhood, and if you choose not to object to carcinogens being sprayed on our streets, please consider that it is up to us to protect our neighborhood. There ARE alternatives that can be used that are safe for us. The only downside is that the chemicals companies just won't make a profit. 
For example BATS eat 600-1000 mosquitos per hour! Concerned about West Nile? Put up a bat house! See link: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/pic/articl...

Buy one at Home Depot for example, click here.

または、子供やボーイ/カブ/ガールスカウトと一緒にバットハウスを作ろう！ http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/outdoors/gardening/how-to-build-a-bat-house

Precut bat house here.

Weeds DIE when you pour white vinegar and boiling water on them! I have presented the city with a safe non-toxic STEAM weed control possibility Weed Technics as well. They KNOW they can use other methods besides poison. Weed wacking and hand pulling is always an option too.

Just so you know, Mission Viejo has STOPPED spraying glyphosate-based herbicides(Roundup/Rodeo) in our neighborhoods as per the request of concerned residents. They still are spraying on major roads/sidewalks, curbs (around drains to the ocean) such as Alicia. They are still spraying in our parks where our children play. We need more people to speak up and ask them to use alternatives. Please go to the Non Toxic Mission Viejo Facebook page if you want to get involved or just call the city council and make a request. 

Thank you!
Zen Honeycutt

UPDATE: In August of 2018, school pesticide applicator Dwayne "Lee" Johnson, who is dying of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, was awarded 289.2 million dollars from Monsanto by a California Supreme Court jury. Monsanto was found guilty of acting with "malice and oppression," meaning they knew their glyphosate products could cause cancer and the company executives suppressed the information. As of 9月 2018, over 8,000 more Roundup users are filing lawsuits against Monsanto.